[Persevero]

You’d have to show me from the Bible. It always comes down to that, the question of authority, every single time, no matter what doctrine is being discussed.

The views of the church fathers can be interesting and even helpful, but they aren’t God.

[SC_Native]

I've often said the same thing (because of my protestant upbringing). But now I am teetering on converting to Catholicism. Every time I really dig in and research some issue that is creating controversy, the proof leads me to the Catholic viewpoint. In the case of the Protestant “show me the Bible”, I have to wonder.....wasn't it the Catholic leaders who chose and assembled the books to form the Bible? And did not the books that were not chosen still have some value in their stories and teaching?