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To: dartuser
Not being Catholic ... if you tell me the RCC hasn't interpreted EVERY verse then that is good enough for me ... I believe you.

Having said that ... where is the databank of official verses they HAVE interpreted?

And personally, if you are going to claim authority over the interpretation of scripture ... why WOULDN'T that include all of it.

The Catholic Church has chosen to definitely interpret about a dozen verses. Now that does not mean that those verse can't have other interpretations. It means that we can't interpret them in direct opposition to the Church's.

The reason that the Church has not definitely interpreted every single verse is that the Bible is rich with depth and meaning. And different people can take different things from the Bible on a given day. I know myself that there have been days when I will read a verse and see something a week later I might take something else from it. This site has a list of the verses that have been definitively interpreted: http://cathapol.blogspot.com/2010/04/bible-verses-defined-by-catholic-church.html

31 posted on 09/25/2013 12:26:42 PM PDT by verga (Lasciante ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate.)
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To: verga
The Catholic Church has chosen to definitely interpret about a dozen verses. Now that does not mean that those verse can't have other interpretations. It means that we can't interpret them in direct opposition to the Church's. The reason that the Church has not definitely interpreted every single verse is that the Bible is rich with depth and meaning.

Cherry, anyone?

33 posted on 09/25/2013 12:31:31 PM PDT by Alex Murphy (Just a common, ordinary, simple savior of America's destiny.)
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To: verga
The Catholic Church has chosen to definitely interpret about a dozen verses. Now that does not mean that those verse can't have other interpretations. It means that we can't interpret them in direct opposition to the Church's. A dozen? And you consider that sufficient?

The reason that the Church has not definitely interpreted every single verse is that the Bible is rich with depth and meaning. And different people can take different things from the Bible on a given day.

Multiple applications ... fine. Multiple interpretations? I don't think so ... unless you believe each verse has multiple interpretations.

38 posted on 09/25/2013 12:55:52 PM PDT by dartuser
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