and here I thought you were the one who said not to distort the words of others. No one said to follow the words of men, alone or otherwise.
Maybe your should read some of the stuff others have said to me. One guy laughed at me because I have faith that the bible is the word of God, ordained and protected by Him. I’m pretty sure the Pope and I are in agreement on THAT point. I’m not convinced the guy who laughed is really even Christian. He didn’t seem to understand that faith is a gift from God.
But there were a few in this thread with little or no respect for the Written Word. To them, the bible is Harry Potter.
I’m fine with you. You seem to have a respect for His written Word, and even I listen to my teachers and pastor. but I test what they say against His word. But as I said in and earlier post, not all Catholics are united. Nor are all members of my church.
We have people who are instructed by their pastor to read His Word, and they still don’t. Old joke is that the best place to hide something from a christian is inside their bible.