[caww]

....”The plain and simple fact is that if a protestant understood the New Testament, he would be constrained to convert to the Catholic Church”......

OF course he wouldn’t, in fact if he knows and understands ‘the entire Bible’, even that which he may not yet understand this side of heaven, he would do just the opposite.

The Bible unfolds from the beginning to the end....in a sense it interprets itself as one continues to read and study.

God loves a sincere seeker of the truth and never disappoints those who do so.....and as He does this it draws us even closer to Him.

[Vermont Crank]

Dear caww. The Bible is not its own interpreter and that is easily shown in just how it is we are in profound disagreement over its meaning.

The Bible is necessary but not sufficient and it is not the pillar and ground of truth. The Catholic Church is:

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.