“Private interpretation? If what I AGREES WITH SCRIPTURE then there is no private interpretation, only REPETITION.
Christians are to preach the Word and examine it on their own as did those “noble minded” Beroeans. (Acts 17:11)”
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The Bible doesn’t interpret itself. If only there was “repetition” of interpretation. Every week since 1517, there has been one new Protestant sect established because of private interpretation of Scripture (private judgement). There’s the fruit. God didn’t give each person the authority to interpret Scripture. God gave the gift, the authority to interpret Scripture to Church.
You misinterpret Acts 11:17. Stating “Christians are to examine it on their own”, not true, it is the authority of the Apostles, listen to them and their successors.
[11] MORE NOBLE: The Jews of Berea are justly commended, for their eagerly embracing the truth, and searching the scriptures, to find out the texts alleged by the apostle: which was a far more generous proceeding than that of their countrymen at Thessalonica, who persecuted the preachers of the gospel, without examining the grounds they alleged for what they taught.
Acts 17:11
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all eagerness, daily searching the scriptures, whether these things were so
Then Christians are NOT to examine the Scriptures on their own in imitation of those noble minded Beroeans?
Then why were they termed “noble minded”? For checking to to see if the things they heard from Paul “were really so”?
Were they making a “private interpretation”? or were they cited as an example for Christians?
Sources?
Catholics pick and choose what they want to believe of Catholic church teachings all the time. There's tons of private interpretation of Scripture and the CCC by Catholics on this board alone, not to mention all the Catholics any of us know personally.
I'll tell you, the amount of superstition that gets co-mingled with Catholicism by practicing Catholics is staggering. They'll make up all kinds of myths and fairy tales about church relics and saint, just as a small example.
Ma used to say, "God gave you a brain; use it." Rome says, "God gave us the brains and special privilege also; obey us."
The Bible is written in plain language and is written to the reader, not some self appointed, special group. God's gift to every individual of a rational mind and the free will to exercise that mind for judgment and decision making purposes belongs to the individual to use as per the image it was created in. It does not belong to any particular self appointed group, especially one that claims special powers and relationships with God, as had the Gnostics.
The Keys to the Kingdom were given to every individual. The keys are the gifts of rational mind and free will that enable each individual to make their judgments and decisions. That includes the decision to forgive transgressions, which the Church likewise claims has absolute and exclusive jurisdiction.
The judgments and decisions are equivalent to the choice of door. No special man, or special group was given the powers of decision over any other individual(s) regarding the choice of door, that includes the Church's claim that Peter alone was given the Keys. If Romes interest is the salvation of others, then they should use their gifts to clarify and influence others, not to engage in gnosticism, perpetual mysteries and power games.