You are still working within the 'sola scriptura' mindset, as shown by your requesting scripural proof for every claim, and assuming to yourself the authority to interpret Scripture so as to contradict the teaching of the one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. If you study Church history, you will see that 'sola scriptura' is an historical novely invented 1500 years after Christ. The first thing to see is that 'sola scriptura' was not a part of the Church Christ founded. This alone shows that it is a heresy, one that is at the root of the fragmentation of Christ's body into 20,000+ sects over the last five hundred years. The Bible has its authority in virtue of the authority of those who wrote it, and the authority of those who determined its contents (i.e. the canon). Otherwise, why not make your own canon?? Put _Chicken Soup for the Soul_ in your own, personally customized and individualized 'Bible' if you wish. Since the Scriptures have their authority from the Magesterium, the authoritative *interpretation* of the Scriptures also belongs to the Magesterium. You seem to be trying to take the authority of the Scriptures while rejecting the authority of the Magesterium by which the Scripture receives its authority and its content (i.e. the canon). That is the sort of gnosticism that plucks Scripture out of thin air, ripping it out of its historical context, treating it as if it fell directly from heaven, ignoring its historical and ecclesiastical origins.
-A8
DEFINITELY I lean very heavily on Scripture.
I've observed that all human leadership sooner or later is quite flawed enough to cause shipwreck even if unintentional.
Also, GOD MAKES CLEAR IN SCRIPTURE and
HAS MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR IN MY LIFE
that HE WILL NOT TOLERATE
ANY LEADER
usurping HIS PLACE
in my life.
CHRIST DIED FOR RELATIONSHIP, INTIMATE FELLOWSHIP.
Proposing that a hierarchical leadership take the role described is
wellll . . . quite bluntly . . . taking Christ's metaphor . . .
equal
to placing an interloper between husband and wife in the wedding night bed.
No thanks.