For all those who rely on the Bible as their “sole authority,” realize that you are still relying on the Catholic Church. It was the Catholic Church that definitively resolved which of many spiritual writings in circulation in the early period of Christian history were in fact the Word of God, and therefore belonged in the Bible (New Testament).
Also, you can’t definitively resolve any close interpretive question by reference to an English translation many times removed from the original text. You have to go back to the earliest available version, which in many cases is the Latin Vulgate (again, a Catholic product).
In short, if you can’t rely on the infallibility of the Catholic Magisterium, then you can’t rely on the Bible either.
“In short, if you can’t rely on the infallibility of the Catholic Magisterium, then you can’t rely on the Bible either.”
A stopped clock is right twice a day. I’m sure even the the Roman Catholic Magisterium managed to get a few things correct over the years
Will
The original tongues include FIRST OF ALL Hebrew, then Aramaic, then Greek. Latin is a latecomer ~ same as English.
Amen!
>>In short, if you can’t rely on the infallibility of the Catholic Magisterium, then you can’t rely on the Bible either.<<
Yikes! That is a really dangerous position. History demonstrates there were a LOT of corrupt leaders in the Church. You need to compare their teachings with the word, just as early hearers of the gospel compared it with their “word” at the time (OT).
“In short, if you can’t rely on the infallibility of the Catholic Magisterium, then you can’t rely on the Bible either.”
A good point, no matter which side of the debate you find yourself. That is a proven point of history.