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To: NKP_Vet

What about Rev 22:18-19?:

Revelation 22:18-19

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

18 Here is my warning for everyone who hears the prophecies in this book:

If you add anything to them, God will make you suffer all the terrible troubles written in this book. 19 If you take anything away from these prophecies, God will not let you have part in the life-giving tree and in the holy city described in this book.

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That passage seems to indicate that nothing else is on a par with the Bible.

How do Catholics reconcile that? Not trying to be snarky - just want to hear the Catholic viewpoint on that.


12 posted on 01/28/2014 8:23:28 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Eccl 10:2

The silence of Scripture on sola scriptura is deafening. But when it comes to the true authority of Scripture and Tradition and to the teaching and governing authority of the Church, the text is clear:

If your brother sins against you go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. . . . But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you. . . . If he refuses to listen . . . tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. (Matt. 18:15-17)

According to Scripture, the Church is the final court of appeal for the people of God in matters of faith, morals, and discipline. It is telling that since the Reformation of almost 500 years ago—a Reformation claiming sola scriptura as its formal principle—there are now over 33,000 Protestant denominations. In John 10:16, Jesus prophesied there would be “one flock, one shepherd.” Reliance on sola scriptura has not been effective in establishing doctrine or authority.


19 posted on 01/28/2014 8:50:53 PM PST by NKP_Vet
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To: Eccl 10:2
If you add anything to them, God will make you suffer all the terrible troubles written in this book. 19 If you take anything away from these prophecies, God will not let you have part in the life-giving tree and in the holy city described in this book.

The Catholics tell us that warning applies only to the book of Revelation...

Apparently it's ok then to add to or delete God breathed words from the rest of the books...

45 posted on 01/28/2014 10:14:57 PM PST by Iscool
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To: Eccl 10:2

The “book” referred to in Revelations is only the Book of Revelations itself, not the whole Bible. The entire Bible would not be compiled into an agreed upon single volume for another 300 years; that is until Luther removed seven books from the Old Testament.


56 posted on 01/29/2014 5:23:19 AM PST by Petrosius
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