MATTHEW 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
This has been the standard of Christianity from the very start 2000 years ago. A little less than 500 years ago a few men came along with a new false gospel, called Sola Scriptura, that they used in their revolt against the order and authority Christ ordained for His Church.
c.c.c.1367. "The SACRIFICE of Christ and the SACRIFICE of the Eucharist are one single SACRIFICE: 'The victim is one and the same: the same now offers through the ministry of priests, who then offered himself on the cross; only the manner of offering is different.' 'In this divine SACRIFICE which is celebrated in the Mass, the same Christ who offered himself once in a bloody manner on the altar of the cross is contained and is offered in an UNBLOODY manner.
Is in conflict with the Holy Bible.
HEBREWS 10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].
HEBREWS 10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
HEBREWS 10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
If Jesus offered himself as one sacrifice for sins for ever how can your cult presume to make "unbloody sacrifices" without rejecting Jesus' sacrifice?
Both I JOHN 5:6-9 and GENESIS 1:26-28 showed your catholic-cut-and-paste which you claim to be protestant is WRONG why can't you open your eyes and see that?
First of all, I should point out that the Catholic position is now and always has been that the Bible is an infallible rule of faith, but not the *sole* infallible rule of faith. You are demanding to see it in the Bible as if that would settle the issue, when in fact, as many of people have pointed out here, then we have to deal with the question of interpretation.
As a case in point, I am going to provide you with some Scriptural evidence for the passing on of oral tradition among the apostles. And you will promptly disagree with "my" interpretation and we will seemingly reach an impasse--thereby proving why the Church cannot rely on personal interpretation.
2 Thess 15: "Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
2 Tim 13-14: "Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us."
2 Tim 2: "And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also."
-a little friend