Excellent point. With enough morphing, you can make almost anything in the Bible mean whatever you need.
Exactly. But it is not just Catholics that do that; other denominations also have a tendency to follow that method of defining certain things. I once wrote some articles on the make-up of church offices - published in three parts with a fourth part in response to a inquiry sent to me. I have them on my Web Site. Let me know if you want the links.
Sure...send them over.