Maybe, if one is ignorant of scripture, or just refuses to believe it...
But for those of us who do read and believe the scriptures, we know that John recorded everything that Jesus ever said that we needed to know for our salvation...
Of course Jesus wasn't silent...But we know that Jesus did not say nor teach anyone that there was more than we can find in the written scriptures that is required knowledge for our salvation...
This is why Peter and his successors were entrusted with teaching ONE TRUTH, not a multitude of interpretations that have been spawned since the schism.
Fact is, Peter didn't teach all that much...His epistles are more of an encouragement than doctrine...
So Jesus taught scores of truths...Paul taught a multitude of truths as well as Matthew...What truth did Peter teach???
The Church as the rock, is founded on scripture, tradition as handed down by the successors of St. Peter, revelation, and experience and has become the mustard tree that now covers all corners of the world.
Your Catholic religion is not a rock and certainly is NOT THE ROCK...
Think about it...Don't you think Peter cringes and covers his face in embarrassment and shame every time some schmuck bows down to one of your popes and calls him 'holy father'???
Act 10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
Act 10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
Among MANY of the truths that the apostles taught, one was that Christians do not bow down to another man...
Bingo. The numbers selected (by God) on the provided card are now covered.
That round is over. But there they are, sitting in the parlor, calling out numbers in vain, trying to cover and recover the numbers in that game where the true winner was already pronounced some 20 centuries ago.
"But we are sitting in his chair", they cry. Physical occupancy may as well equate at this juncture, to crying out "but we have Abraham as our father" which some did in effect saying or asking "who do you think you are? you cannot instruct us for we are the chosen".
The Jews of that day had more centuries behind them then, than do those whom now pound the table with claims of apostolic succession.
This is the kind of sophomoric stuff that those not properly schooled in this subject ventures onto. By your definition, no one needs to be “taught” we can all look at scripture and intepret it for ourselves without guidance just like David Koresh did, or the Mormons do, or Rev. Wright does. And of the course all the the great theologians from St. Ambrose, St. Catherine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and the early Church fathers all got it wrong. Each one can teach himself. Each one is a “religion” unto himself. And yet you admit that there were many things things that Christ said and did that were not recorded but were handed down as part of the apostolic tradition. But no worries, you don’t need to hear all of it because for you “all” of it was written down. No need for One Church, no need for One Truth, No need for one Interpretation. Everyone gets to interpet his/her own way. Wow!
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