[metmom]

I think you’re missing the whole point: we don’t care about having a “functional knowledge” of Scripture. A “functional knowledge” of Scripture is NOT the focus of Catholicism.

Just wow...... What an indictment of Catholicism.

You are obsessed with memorizing the Bible

And that's a problem for what reason?

Psalm 1:1-3 1Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. 3He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.

Psalm 119:11 11I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

Do you suppose you would even HAVE A BIBLE IF NOT FOR THE CATHOLIC MONKS preserving them and copying them in monasteries for centuries while everything else was destroyed? If you love your Bible, you are indebted for sure to the Catholic Church.

We can thank the Jews for the entire OT. And can you say *Dead Sea Scrolls*?

And you know for sure that the only copies of the NT were kept by monks..... how?

[count-your-change]

The thousands of copies of manuscripts in Greek were not the work of monks in the Middle Ages but of professional copyists, a practice that existed until printing came along.

Think of the how various congregations of the church would copy and pass on important letters like those from Paul.

What the monks did do was make the hugely elaborate copies for churches and their own libraries, not of much use to the average person.

[CynicalBear]

>>A “functional knowledge” of Scripture is NOT the focus of Catholicism.<<

At that point the discussion pertaining to Christianity is pretty much over isn’t it? Any person who makes that statement has clearly identified themselves as out side. Is that the understanding of all Catholics?