Reading the scriptures was the motivation for leaving Rome.. The more i read the more I realized the less Rome was anything like the church of the NT ...
Same here. I couldn't reconcile (wrap my mind around really) the differences between the plain, un-reinterpreted reading of Scripture with what the Catholic church actually, in practice, taught. Not their alleged *official* doctrine either. What was taught at the local parish level.
However, once my eyes were opened, I saw the disparity between Scripture and *official* doctrine as well.
Yes, that would be whan many ex-Catholic say. But examine their knowledge of scripture and you get no knowledge, just the Protestant pap poorly supported by a few taken out of context Bible quotes. That is certainly the case with you. Your Bible quotes are long, but you do not seem to understand the nature of the question and what these verses actually say, and don't notice what they do not say. You -- plural -- do not have a knowledge of scripture. You have a collection of prooftexts that someone told you to shake in the air.