my, my, my, his logic was perfect. Yes, the bible verses were inspired by God, yes the old testament was Jewish and completely established, and yes, the Catholic Church did not write the bible, but they did compile it. They took the old testament books, edited, fact checked, and sorted the new testament books, and compiled what you now know as the bible. Having done so, they would be pretty obvious if they did not follow, word for word, what they themselves compiled. There were no editors, no protestants to judge, no critics who could stop them, they were pretty much on their own when it came to what would be in the bible and what would not. As the Catholic church grew, is followed the book, which they has compiled, to a "T". ...1,500 years later came the protestants and guess what, they protested the interpretation of the bible by the group that had compiled it. It took about 300 years (we are less removed from the revolutionary war than that) for the bible to be edited, compiled, proof read, whatever...it took until the 1400's before anyone except royalty, major libraries etc. could afford to own a bible (printing press). The Catholic church, through the efforts mostly of her monks, hand copied who knows how many copies of the bible and without their efforts, you wouldn't even know what a bible was. Please do not ever say that the Catholic church is not biblical....they are the ONLY Christian church (not denomination) that is. The protestant movement actually removed some books from the bible which, at that time, was 1500 years old....just what the bible needed..editors!!
So what? That is not *writing* the Bible as Catholics claim the RCC did.
They took the old testament books, edited, fact checked, and sorted the new testament books, and compiled what you now know as the bible.
EDITED????? Who the heck do they think they are to *edit* the word of God? How condescending of them to give God breathed, inspired divine revelation their stamp of approval.
Like God couldn't take care of preserving HIS Scripture Himself. What chutzpah.
The protestant movement actually removed some books from the bible which, at that time, was 1500 years old....just what the bible needed..editors!!
And yet in this very same post, you said the RCC edited Scripture. I guess then, it depends on who does the *editing* whether it's good or bad.
How hypocritical.
But your argument, however, has only a group of men acting upon and messing with Scripture. No mention of God on your own, or Christ Jesus (who IS the Word) in your long paragraph. That speaks very loudly to me as to whom or what you are exulting.