Then they clearly showed that the leadership of the RCC do not qualify to be in those positions.
1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
>> any time there is a question of doctrine, the Holy Spirit leads THE CHURCH to truth.<<
The Holy Spirit was promised to all believers who comprise the true church.
Romans 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: The Holy Spirit was sent all believers to teach and that we should not be seduced by any other teacher and have no need for men to teach.
1 John 2:26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. >> so when someone teaches BAPTISM is not for the remission of sins,<<
Does that mean when a person is wanted for murder they are looking for that person so he can then commit murder or was the murder already commited?
was Paul the husband of one wife?
explain your “murder” question, in the context of the doctrine of baptism. as written, it makes no sense.
Your premise is that the Bereans were noble in verifying what hey heard by Scripture, while the premise behind the RC polemic is that Rome infallibly defines what is consistent with whatever is invoked to support it, as she has thus defined herself to be.