[ThomasThomas]

" It is the Church that tells us what is Scripture, and it is also the Church that tells us how Scripture is to be understood.

Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11

It is the responsibility of every believer to read the Bible and check to see if those teaching them are true to the Bible..

[fidelis]

“Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11

It is the responsibility of every believer to read the Bible and check to see if those teaching them are true to the Bible..”
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This is a misunderstanding of this Scripture passage. If you read it in context, St. Paul was telling the Bereans that Christ was the fulfilment of the Old Testament prophecies. So they looked in their Old Testaments and confirmed that he was telling them was accurate.
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It is not meant to be a model for favoring one’s private interpretation of Scripture over the teaching of the Church that Christ established to “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations...” (Matthew 28:19)
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Not By Scripture Alone
http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/not-by-scripture-alone

[dangus]

Yes, Twin Thomases... all theology must conform with scriptures. But that is not to say that true scriptural interpretations will conform with anyone’s own personal interpretation of scripture, much less when that personal interpretation is built on historical divisiveness, such as that of Luther, who rejected 14 books and parts of three more of the bible, including 7 books and three parts which Protestants never accepted, and 7 which were accepted by Protestants despite Luther’s condemnations (including Jude, 2 Peter, 2-3 John, James, Revelations and Hebrews.)

Rather, to understand the scriptures correctly, one must look not only to one’s own understanding, but the constant teachings of those authorized to lead the Church by Christ, those he appointed, and those who appointed their successors according to Christ’s instructions.