Is there one mediator between the canon of scripture that you worship and salvation? If so, that would be the Catholic Church - you know the ones who compiled that Bible thing out of 30 Gospels, untold numbers of apostolic letters, apocryphal writings...
How on earth are you sure you're reading the word of God if you reject the Church that clarified it to you?
Hmmm....
Not so.. Most accurate(and inaccurate) bibles are translated from copies of original manuscipt texts(mostly greek and other languages) not from latin.. the vulgate is the translation of the same..
True Eusebius "canonized" certain books, agreeing with Eusebius on what those book were is not the same as receiving them from him and the organization he belonged to..
For centuries the Roman Catholic church murdered people just for reading scripture.. and LOCKed up scripture into latin that no one but RCC priests even understood(Latin).. It happened.. Its documented (Foxes book of Martyrs) and many other places..
Roman Catholic and so-called Protestant dogma can make one ignorant sometimes.. The Middle Ages was a dark time for all.. some say because the bible was LOCKED UP.. I tend to think there were many reasons for the dark ages.. locking up the bible was only one of them..
Hindsight is 20/20 but to say it didn't happen or not even to know that it DID happen is inexcusable.. Roman Catholics generally have faith in their church not the bible, Protestants generally have faith in the bible not their church.. but christians have faith in God, the bible and church are just freebies from God.. in my experience..
Whos right, correct, accurate.?. I can't say.. except to say, everyone is exactly where they are suppose to be in this sense.. The separating of the sheep from goats continues and you and I are being tested in this way.. The plan is pure genius.. God is a genius..
Is God COOL or WHAT.?.