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The Bible which I love was not "comprized" by the Catholic Church, it was written by men inspired of God. It predated the Catholic church by hundreds of years. There is no way that you can reconcile the teachings of the Catholic church with the teachings of the Bible. Your inability to defend your position speaks volumes. Why am I not surprised that you do not wish to continue defending your position in the light of scripture?

Hate to break it to you, but the Bible which you love was compiled by the Catholic Church. You can plug your ears and scream all you want, but these Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John weren't the only Gospels written (there were some 50 of them), and with dozens and dozens of epistles, apocalypses, and other writings floating around how can YOU be sure that what you're reading are the CORRECT books?

You have no choice but to trust that the Catholic Church was guided by the Holy Spirit in establishing the canon of the Bible, because no one else established it, and no one else could claim authority to. The gnostics also believed that they had a claim on Sacred Scripture, did you know that? How do you know they weren't right and the Catholic Church was wrong? Hmmmm.

The statement, "it predated the Catholic Church by hundreds of years" is not worthy of comment, flying in the face of historical fact and designed solely to deceive. Seeing that the Church was established on Pentecost Sunday, that makes no sense whatsoever.

There is no way that you can reconcile the teachings of the Catholic church with the teachings of the Bible

First of all, EVERYTHING taught by the Church is reconcilable with Scripture.

Now reconcile this: Why is Paul "working out [his] salvation in fear and trembling?"