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The Scripture is GOLD-Standard to us, Tradition must be verified against it. You may not believe that we hold Church teachings, but we do not in any way subordinate scripture.

I'm very glad to hear your testimony, dear brother in Christ!

It is deeply disturbing to me whenever a Catholic around here claims that the Catholic Church wrote the Scriptures and so forth - because such a boast appropriates glory which belongs to God. Moreover, the boast subordinates the Scriptures to the Catholic Church as the author/creator of them.

The oracles are God's and it is He who commits those oracles to safekeeping by His own chosen people.

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision? Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. - Romans 3:1-2

As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. - I Peter 4:10-11

And again,

The words of the LORD [are] pure words: [as] silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. – Psalms 12:6-7

So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper [in the thing] whereto I sent it. - Isaiah 55:11

I do not recall hearing the Jews boast that they wrote Torah. Quite the opposite.

Perhaps the Catholics so boasting believe they are justified on belief that members of the Catholic Church alone comprise the body of Christ. But even if they were right (and they are not) Christ Himself is the head of His body, the church, and surely all glory for a manuscript goes to its author, his mind, not his fingers, elbows and toes.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he might have the preeminence. - Colossians 1:18

And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to be] the head over all [things] to the church, Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. - Ephesians 1:22-23

To God be the glory, not man, never man.

Are there a handful of html codes I could learn to create a table of contents and pages to click to for my FR home page?

It’s getting pretty ungainly! LOL.

I think 80-90% of it is great posts I’ve archived there of yours. But they need organized etc.

1. There is a difference between a person's opinion and fact and doctrine. Too many times I see non-Catholics read a newspaper or an internet poll of 41 people and jump to conclusions

2. I've never read any CAtholic saying the Church was the author. It's always put that the Church collected and preserved scripture -- and that is the fact. The Church was the instrument by which canon was compiled. Even the reformatters believed that.