***Weren’t you one of the RCs awhile back who peculiarly asserted that the Sermon on the Mount was only spoken to the apostles and not to the “throngs” who had assembled with them to hear Jesus speak?***
I am with the Church Fathers and with the Church. I have no need of faddish interpretations. We are informed that Jesus spoke to the Apostles; we are then given the words that He spoke. We are informed.
It is possible in the world of the Reformed that one cannot overhear the words of one to another without believing that the words are also directed to them; indeed, the Reformed theology appears to be a very diverse and muddled puddle of misunderstandings.
It is clear from the passage that Jesus, up in the mountain with the Apostles and well away from the crowds was speaking to them. There were no microphones and external speakers in those days. No sound boosters. I’d suggest that you consider the level of technology as opposed to our current level. I’d also suggest that the KJV was not widely circulated at the time of Christ.
Sadly the RCC teaches a faith through other mediators and other Christs and other doctrines of men.
Yet God will not be mocked. The Scriptures are clear. Thank God I and all Bible-believing Christians know whom we have believed, and why.
Although I have to say I think your interpretation of who makes up the audience for the Sermon on the Mount is a private interpretation of your own. Most of the RCs I know believe Christ was speaking to the throngs of people who came to hear Him, among which were the apostles. And in preaching the Gospel, Christ speaks to all those who are His, all those with ears to hear.
Solus Christus.
As the opening of this thread reminded us...
For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith." -- Romans 1:16-17"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.