Sometimes this is just too easy. How can you claim that Catholics "cannot decide for themselves" what Scripture says and must rely on what the Church tells them it says and then complain that there is no instrument by which to instruct Catholics? How also can you boast that Protestants are independent free thinkers and have an indwelling of the Holy Spirit to guide their interpretations and then claim that they have the official commentaries to prove it? Even you have to admit that is a pretty convoluted scenario to not ridicule.
Actually that is MY question to Catholics.. How can Catholics say that the church is the "pillar and ground" of the truth and Scripture is never of private interpretation , that only one that can interpret scripture, when they have actually only interpreted a few verses? Glad we are on the same page here
How also can you boast that Protestants are independent free thinkers and have an indwelling of the Holy Spirit to guide their interpretations and then claim that they have the official commentaries to prove it?
Have I ever said that I am an independent "free thinker"? The Holy Spirit convicts us of sin and leads us to Christ.. One of the marks of one regenerated by the Holy Spirit is a passion for the word of God.. The scriptures hold plain truths that show us who God is,who Christ is and is fully sufficient for growing in Christ and training..
I love when I read scripture and I have an ahh haaa moment when I understand why Christ did that or an OT type for the first time.. dont you love that too?
Commentaries are the work of Scholars, that explain the historic settings, word meanings, history etc.. they do not pretend to be infallible, but observations on the scriptures..only God can make them live in you