Nope, never said they were.
Try reading the Desert Fathers sometime. Or buy a copy of the Philokalia because it describes the proscriptions of scripture in action. Catholicism and Scholasticism are not the same thing. Scholasticism presented an ossified Christianity that deteriorated because it created an imbalance between faith and reason.
If you want to read the church fathers and follow Catholicism, have at it.
I'll read Scripture and follow Christ.
Let’s get down to basics here. Do you believe the simplest interpretation of a scripture verse is the correct one?