But when a denomination “claims to do so correctly” as opposed to what is the claim of another denomination in the interpretation of scripture, why then must someone believe the former as opposed to the latter? Was it the intent of those who wrote scripture, that their interpretation be subject to multiple and frequently contradictory meanings? or did Christ establish a single Church to insure that His “Great Commission” be truthfully disseminated?
That's why God designed us with the faculties to discern the truth.
Was it the intent of those who wrote scripture, that their interpretation be subject to multiple and frequently contradictory meanings?
I guess I'd phrase that differently: was it their intent that we read the scripture they wrote and take our authority from it, or was it their intent that we be content to have people in Rome tell us what it means?
or did Christ establish a single Church to insure that His “Great Commission” be truthfully disseminated?
If His intent was that the Catholic church be the sole carrier of the Great Commission, it didn't work very well. Tolerating serial child rapists as priests hasn't helped your cause much.
You'll likely have the temptation to think that I am ardently anti-Catholic. Not so. But it's hard not to mention some of these things when you refer to my church using phrases like "barren harvest."