If the Church had not needed the scripture, she would not have given it to the world. But, self-evidently, the Church would have done fine if for some reason the scripture were not around, just like she did in the beginning of her existence. The Church that Christ built is the foundation of the scripture, not the other way around.
Then why are Protestants castigated for wanting to return to it and use IT as the point of authority for spiritual matters?
annalex wrote:
“If the Church had not needed the scripture, she would not have given it to the world. But, self-evidently, the Church would have done fine if for some reason the scripture were not around, just like she did in the beginning of her existence. The Church that Christ built is the foundation of the scripture, not the other way around.”
ROTFLMAO
She gave it to the world? That is going to come as news to God, the Author of the Holy Scriptures. When was the last time anyone called the Holy Scriptures the “Word of the Church”? The Catholic claim to have produced the Scriptures is as laughable as the Baptist’s to have “invited Jesus” into their heart. Again, as I pointed out in an earlier post, you and the chief priests, elders, and scribes share much in common when it comes to God. Be thankful, O son of Rome, that God is long-suffering and slow to anger.