>>I’ll stick with what God says in the scriptures and ignore the Fairy Tales put out by your religion...<<
What scriptures are you reading?
The New Testament of the Bible did not exist for 300 years after Christ ascended into heaven. And it was assembled by the council of Catholic Bishops under the authority of the Pope in Rome. This was to protect the Truth that Christ taught, and weed out the erroneus teachings and heresies which sprung up almost immediately after Christ ascended.
Christ instructed his disciples to go out and “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.” (Matthew 28:20) He did not tell them to go out and write a book.
The gospel of John concludes with these words: “There are also many other things that Jesus did, but if these were to be described individually, I do not think the whole world would contain the books that would be written.” (John 21:24)
These are the reasons that the Catholic Church emphasizes that we must look to both the scriptures and the traditions of the early Christian church to gain a more complete understanding of Christ’s teachings. Read the writings of the early Church Fathers to learn more about these traditions, which included the univeral acceptance of Peter as the Bishop of Rome, and his successors, as the head of His church on earth (all of whom, for the first 300 years, suffered martyrdom for their faith in Christ).
Since the Protestant schism, there are now thousands of contradictary interpretations of the scriptures. This goes against Christ’s prayer that all of His followers would be one, just as He and His Father were one.
So, who is following Christ and who is following “Fairy Tales?” I pray that our Protestant brethren will reconsider the effects of their contrary opinions on the unity Jesus desired for His church.
So what? It was assembled.
It was written long before that.
Simply compiling it is no great feat.
>> “The New Testament of the Bible did not exist for 300 years after Christ ascended into heaven” <<
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Nonsense.
The Gospels existed in the british isles in the Galic and Gothic languages, in the first century, during the rein of Tiberius. This fact is in recorded history.
All the early councils were formed under the authority of the Byzantine Emperors and the Eastern Orthodox church.
Ha ha!
Blame it on Luther!
There were THOUSANDS of 'interpretations' WAY before then. Ever heard of all the councils and meetings to DECIDE whose 'interpretation' of 'scripture' was going to prevail?
UNITY my butt!
What was it that Paul was writing and passing around amongst the individual churches??? Copies of Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd???
How can you guys be so naive???