Then we don't need to find OSAS or sola Scriptura explicitly in Scripture and Catholic demands for a level of proof from non-Catholics for those *doctrines* that they don't even apply to themselves is hypocritical beyond belief.
Protestants like to pretend they know and follow Scripture, but they don’t even understand it’s purpose.
And Catholics do????? I think not. The average Catholic's knowledge of Scripture is abysmal at best. FRoman Catholics are not much further ahead. They hardly know Scripture. How can they imply that they understand its purpose when they don't even understand IT?
****Then we don’t need to find OSAS or sola Scriptura explicitly in Scripture and Catholic demands for a level of proof from non-Catholics for those *doctrines* that they don’t even apply to themselves is hypocritical beyond belief.****
Remember that it is the protestant who sets that standard.
The Church has always held to Scripture, Sacred Tradition and the Magisterium as divine guides for doctrine.
The protestant notion of Sola Sciptura, as claimed, is not supported by Scripture, Tradition or history.
When a Catholic holds a protestant to proving Sola Scriptura, they are only holding him/her to a standard set by themselves for themselves.
****And Catholics do????? I think not. The average Catholic’s knowledge of Scripture is abysmal at best. FRoman Catholics are not much further ahead. They hardly know Scripture. How can they imply that they understand its purpose when they don’t even understand IT?****
Just as Jesus chastised the pharisees for knowing Scripture without knowing Him, the protestant may have extensive knowledge of chapters and verses of Scripture without knowing the heart of it.
Catholics do not memorize verses, but read it as it meant to be read, as a whole story. Catholics may not parse each verse in the way a protestant does, but they are very familiar with Scripture.