The Church does not go by what is and what is not in the Holy Scripture; the Holy Scripture is itself the product of the Catholic Church.
“the Holy Scripture is itself the product of the Catholic Church.”
Therein lies the problem. Scripture predated the church last time I read the Bible.
And apparently what is or is not Holy Scripture is up to whoever is pope on any given day. One day the death penalty is okay, the next day it isn’t.
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So we've noticed.
the Holy Scripture is itself the product of the Catholic Church.
God might take exception to that since it's HIS word.
No wonder Catholics have such a low view of Scripture and don't even bother following the book they claim they wrote.
It's merely the product of man in a corrupt institution pretending to be a church.
Not for the Roman Catholic....the RCC only dogmatically approved their canon at Trent in the 1500s. Prior to that there was no dogmatically approved canon for Rome.
Plus, your argument forgets the OT was around for a pretty good while before Rome showed up on the scene.
This by far is one of the most astonishing things I have ever read on FR. Laying aside the divine inspiration of the scripture for the moment, what you essentially said is that the Catholic Church produces writings that they may or may not even adhere to.
I really hope you don't believe what you have written.
A true acknowledgement of what we have often documented.
the Holy Scripture is itself the product of the Catholic Church. Meaning, I assume, that that an assuredly (if conditionally) infallible magisterium is essential for determination writings and men being of God;
And that being the historical instruments and stewards of Divine revelation (oral and written) means that it is that assuredly infallible magisterium. Thus any who knowingly dissent from the latter must be in rebellion to God?
Or how else does the logic work that "we gave you the Scriptures, and therefore alone are the sure unreprovable standard on what it means/are a law unto ourselves?