[metmom]

Your posting was a snippet of the Catechism, much like many Protestant justifications for theology from Scriptures, and just about as valid. I posted enough of the surrounding Catechism to put it into context. Remember that it is possible justify all first millennium heresies from Scripture (although not the Calvinist heresies and the resulting derivatives).

Just like the Catholic church takes snippets from Scripture to justify ITS doctrine. A snippet here from John 6, and a snippet there from Matthew 1.

The amusing thing is, the Catholic snippets of Scripture are not only snippets out of context with the passage, but even snippets of one verse or sentence.

Catholicism is the master of snippeting.

[MarkBsnr]

Just like the Catholic church takes snippets from Scripture to justify ITS doctrine. A snippet here from John 6, and a snippet there from Matthew 1.

This statement is wrong on two levels. Firstly, the Faith was largely formed before any writings were committed that we know of. The Jewish oral tradition was utilized very heavily. These people were mostly illiterate and relied on verbal transmission. The icons were created in order to get by the illiteracy of the day, to show proper belief. Secondly, whilst I have done a search through the WCF (some years back)in order to quantify its justification, I'd suggest that you do the same to the Catechism in order to dispel that very notion from your own mind. The Catechism uses the entire Bible, leaning most heavily on the Gospels and then on Paul - but the words of Jesus come first, not Paul's.

The amusing thing is, the Catholic snippets of Scripture are not only snippets out of context with the passage, but even snippets of one verse or sentence.

Have you been ignoring my posts again?

Catholicism is the master of snippeting.

Claims without evidence and assertions without merit. You claim to be a failed Catholic - why not read the Catechism and find out what you really spurned?