You don’t believe the Holy Spirit inspired the writing of scripture?
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
If they didn’t have them how could they “search the scriptures daily”? Seems they not only were expected to have them but to also search them daily.
Expected from antiCatholics, in spite of everything that I and other Catholics have posted. I have repeatedly posted that I believe that the Holy Spirit inspired the men who wrote Scripture. Why would you insinuate otherwise?
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
If they didn’t have them how could they “search the scriptures daily”? Seems they not only were expected to have them but to also search them daily.
Why were they noble? Because they received the word of God? Or because they searched the Old Testament daily? The Pharisees and Sadducees searched the Old Testament daily. Jesus did not refer to them as noble.
No, I will stand by my quotes from Jesus - and in context. We are instructed to love God with all our heart and soul and strength, and our neighbour as ourself. We are instructed to believe in Jesus. Directly. All men. These are steps 1 and 2. How many believers over the centuries could not read? More than could, if you do the numbers.
But, like Islam, the Reformation teaches the religion of the book, and not the belief in God. Both you and e-s have just posted to that effect. It is not belief that matters, it is not faith in God, but in your own personal concoction of words, phrases and unrelated snippets of Scripture which amounts to your own theology.
Christianity is not as much about the book as it is about faith in Christ. St. Luke painted (wrote) the first icon - of Mary. Did he write it before his Gospel?
Or will we Catholics be instructed yet again that the gospel is not the Gospels?