I wrote: "For 1500 years, the Catholic Church authenticated its teaching by reference to its scripture in the context of history. No Christian ever thought to question this basic understanding of reality."
Prior to the Sixteenth Century, what Christian ever questioned teaching according to history?
I’ll leave that to my betters to answer. I don’t enjoy dredging through all that ancient muck amidst my other priorities.
There’s certainly more than one—within and without the Vatican umbrella! LOL.
Prior to the Sixteenth Century, what Christian ever questioned teaching according to history?
It was created out of whole cloth at Nicea Who by the way was a pagan. He was a vehement anti-semite who ordered He as a pagan ordered the creation of the Prior to 1600 and after 325CE all who questioned Prior to the council of Nicea there is no
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
corporation called the Roman catholic church.
by the Roman Pontiff Constantine.
the rejection of YHvH's Passover and Sabbat worship
as commanded by Holy Scripture.
pagan feast of Easter and pagan Sunday worship.
the Roman "church" were murdered by the Roman "church"
Prior to the Sixteenth Century, what Christian ever questioned teaching according to history?
The Council of Toulouse, 1229 AD Cannon 14
Prohibts laymen from owning any books of the Old or New Testament
That’s right the Catholic Church prohibited and killed people just for having copies of the Bible .
Not to mention that they kept the masses of people illiterate (unlike the Jews who taught their own to read)
There is a big REASON for this and it has EVERYTHING to do with staying in power.
After the invention of the printing press things got out .. maybe that’s why they NEEDED their inquisition.