Since there is no official RCC Bible commentary, each individual Catholic is free, or rather has no choice, but to interpret Scripture themselves.
Sure there are some passages where the RCC has taken a position on the interpretation, but for the most part, the individual Catholic is left to his own devices, making his own personal Catholic interpretation of the Bible.
That makes it what? 1.2 BILLION personal interpretations of Scripture?
Since the pope has not made an official pronouncement about the entire Bible verse by verse, each Catholic then becomes their own pope in the matter of interpreting Scripture the RCC is silent on.
That’s part of the reason Catholics have to use writing of the RCC rather than scripture. They have to rely on only Catholic produced documents and information. Most are rather unfamiliar with scripture.
Since the pope has not made an official pronouncement about the entire Bible verse by verse, each Catholic then becomes their own pope in the matter of interpreting Scripture the RCC is silent on.
>> Again, you show that you misunderstand Catholicism.
Unlike Protestants, Catholics show a bit more humility when it comes to their private readings of scripture with the exception of certain neo-Protestant “theologians” like Charles Curran. Unlike you, we don’t presume my own infallibility when we read the Bible.
And we look to Tradition for a proper understanding of difficult passages. Orthodox Catholics strive for a unity of interpretation in dogmatic matters, but we leave leniency for non-dogmatic ones.
The simplest road is not always the right one contrary to what William of Ockham might have thought.
OF COURSE!
However, when the faithful sheeple of the
Vatican Ashteroth-Mary-Goddess cult are awake and amongst the living—they can’t conceive of anything but slavish compliance . . . even if there’s nothing clear to slavishly comply with.
So they evidently pretend.
OF COURSE they are human and as scrappy as the next group—if not more so—however, they have such an overlay of ORGANIZATIONAL superiority and control—they would never admit even to their mirrors that their idiosyncratic theological permutations are anything but homogeneously lock-step with all the other billion plus members.
What clueless nonsensical, hypocritical idiocy!
I gave RNmom links to go for Catholic scripture interpretation previously. If you would like to study the official interpretation you can start here, and here. When you're finished if you like more, let me know.
However, you have me wondering: Where, or which, is the official infallible Protestant Bible interpretation/commentary?