[boatbums]

If you ever make it to Rome, see if you can get a pass to visit the Vatican library. No doubt it would take many lifetimes to peruse, much less to study, ALL the various books, canons, manuscripts, etc. (over 1.5 MILLION printed books), which take up 26 MILES of shelving. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_Library:

The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly called the Vatican Library, is the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City. It is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. Formally established in 1475, though in fact much older, it has 75,000 codices from throughout history,[1] as well as 1.1 million printed books, which include some 8,500 incunabula. The Vatican Secret Archives were separated from the library at the beginning of the 17th century; they contain another 150,000 items.

That measly 167 rule list is peanuts! ;o)

[Elsie]

That measly 167 rule list is peanuts! ;o)

Humans DO seem to have a propensity to add bells and whistles to the basics...

 

John 6:28-29

Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”