I thought you said you had actually studied the Catechism.
182 We believe all "that which is contained in the word of God, written or handed down, and which the Church proposes for belief as divinely revealed". (hint: this includes the letters of Paul).
182 We believe all "that which is contained in the word of God, written or handed down, and which the Church proposes for belief as divinely revealed". (hint: this includes the letters of Paul).
"AND which the Church proposes..."
And this is the big secret. Meaning; "whatever we propose, extra-Scriptural or not."