We have discussed this before, CB.
You reject what I believe and the reasons I believe it.
The arguments always come full circle, with your challenging my understanding of Scripture and me challenging yours.
Funny that the Holy Spirit would lead us to such differing beliefs.
Of course, you would have to deny that the Holy Spirit actually led me to that belief, which then begs the question, by what authority could you say such?
Scripture you say.
And, thus begins the argument anew as to whence came Scripture, who is to be trusted as the authority?
You concede God may have used the Church to preserve Scripture and define it, however incorrectly regarding the books rejected by protestants.
Thus, the Holy Spirit guided the church, but not to all truth, just to some truth with the rest to be revealed at a later date, and then, stopped guiding the church altogether letting Christians everywhere fall into error until the “reformation”.
The Holy Spirit does NOT lead in two different directions. Only one of us can be correct on this one.
>>you would have to deny that the Holy Spirit actually led me to that belief<<
Actually I would say the RCC has led many, many people away.
>>You concede God may have used the Church to preserve Scripture and define it, however incorrectly regarding the books rejected by protestants.<<
Check out the words to the different churches in the first few chapters of Revelation for examples.
>>Thus, the Holy Spirit guided the church, but not to all truth, just to some truth with the rest to be revealed at a later date, and then, stopped guiding the church altogether letting Christians everywhere fall into error until the “reformation”.<<
Pretty analogus to what happened to the Jews under the Pharisees and Sadducees isn’t it.