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The following is the fascinating story of Scott Hahn and his conversion. Hahn was a Protestant minister who, after much prayer and incredible study of the the Bible and theology, converted to Catholicism. You may find it interesting (or not, lol). Hahn's writings on scripture and the Church are extremely well researched, eloquent, and enlightening.

http://www.chnetwork.org/scotthconv.htm

I've heard Mr. Hahn on tape. Anyone can be deceived. I do not deny that the church may have Roman Catholics within, as the Lord calls whom He choses. But each person called into new life has the responsibility to walk in Truth - God's Word - rather than fall into the deception of the flesh - most extra-Biblical religious doctrines.

Thanks for the link. A little long and his initial problem is simple to resolve.

Sola scriptura is in the Bible. But the funny thing is that I use the same verse that you use to prove the opposite. Weird.

I follow an apostolic church. The apostles said to follow what they said and wrote. Since they're all dead, I can only follow what they wrote. They didn't say to follow what other people said they said.

They preached in the open. There was no secret, backroom knowledge passed only to the inner circle.

They preached the full measure of salvation. We do not have a deeper understanding today then they had back then.

Peter is not the rock, because Jesus had already explained what the rock was before the controversial verse.

The keys are the only interesting item that I can not dismiss. But the power of binding and loosing was given to all of the apostles. And that I know, Jesus never told Peter he could pass the keys on to future generations. Anything else is just hearsay

Anyway, I'm glad your happy being Catholic. I'm happy being a member of an apostolic church.