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To: Matchett-PI
Dear Matchett-PI,

I appreciate very much your sharing with me your exhaustive comments and interpretations regarding Scripture, church government, and other topics.

Though some of your interpretations appear plausible, I disagree with pretty much all of them. Pardon me if I don't take the time to dispute each point.

Frankly, I just don't find your interpretations anywhere near as compelling as Catholic teaching. However, should you be able to cite the source of your authority to infallibly interpret Scripture, and should I see that you have that infallible authority, I shall give your interpretations greater weight in the future.

Fraternally in the faith in Christ we share,

47 posted on 06/14/2002 5:21:08 PM PDT by sitetest
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To: sitetest; Matchett-PI
"However, should you be able to cite the source of your authority to infallibly interpret Scripture..."

Perhaps you should cite the source of your apparent belief that the Pope is the infallible interpreter of Scripture. If we accept the conditions of your argument, you can't be allowed to cite Scripture as your source because that would mean that we would have to assume that your interpretation is infallible.

As you can see, you have argued yourself into a corner. The fact is that no earthly interpreter is infallible, not even the Pope. But Scripture itself, which is God-breathed, is infallible. The notion that Church authorities or a "Holy Father" are the only ones able to interpret Scripture is not only flawed on its surface, it's evil at its heart. History is all too clear that the Catholic Church and the Pope are anything but infallible.

90 posted on 06/15/2002 9:02:28 AM PDT by sheltonmac
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