[Iowegian]

It isn't really the Catholics who say "Oh here's a neat verse... let's build a doctrine off of it" which seemed to be what your post implied.

Another underhanded pitch...

No that common RC way is to develope a doctrine out of the needs of the RC heirarchy and authorities over a good period of time, then go back, when necessary, and "find" verses that they say support this forced doctrine. Good example of this: Matthew 16:18.

[IMRight]

Another underhanded pitch...

No that common RC way is to develope a doctrine out of the needs of the RC heirarchy and authorities over a good period of time, then go back, when necessary, and "find" verses that they say support this forced doctrine. Good example of this: Matthew 16:18.

It's a looong fly ball! Back...Back... Back... and FOUL.

Nice try... but that sounds more like Martin Luther. "I see a Church mired in Sin (true) that has authority in Spiritual matters (also true) I can only break away by claiming that Scripture alone is the authority... even though I candidly admit that the word 'alone' is nowhere in the text."