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And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

Ne·hush·tan n. [Heb.]
A thing of brass; — the name under which the Israelites worshiped the brazen serpent made by Moses.

Worshiped the brazen serpent, idolatry?

But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. [John 21:25; RSV]

Sola Scriptura was started in the 1500s.

You want quotes I can play that game too.

“I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you.”
1 Corinthians 11:2

So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us (Apostles), either by word of mouth (oral) or by letter (Epistle). [2 Thess. 2:15]

...Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. There are some things in them hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures. [2 Peter 3:15-16]

First of all you must understand this, that no prophesy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation, because no prophecy ever came by the impulse of man, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. [2 Peter 1:20-21]

Besides you protestants can’t even agree on the Bible. You protestants have different sects just as the different types of Jews in Biblical times. Different protestant denominations have completely different beliefs from each other. For example over Baptism, some Protestants accept the validity of infant Baptism, while others do not. Some believe in the necessity of Baptism for salvation, citing Mark 16:16, while others disagree by citing John 3:16. They all claim to be Bible-based, but still they disagree over fundamental issues regarding salvation. Plus you are trying to use a Catholic book to decide! You guys can’t even tell which books belong in the Bible because you have no way of knowing unless you admit the Catholic Church put the Bible together which we know is a fact in 397 AD.

The Catholics have had the same beliefs for 2000 years and thats why the Catholic Church will last forever. Everything I believe is because the Church told me so. The Catholic Church has that authority.

What is the pillar and bulwark of truth? The Bible? Nope. The Catholic Church.

..the household of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the truth. [1 Tim. 3:15]

But there are also many other things which Jesus did; were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. [John 21:25; RSV]

But these things are not for us to know huh?