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To: Iscool
need the Magisterium to interpret the Holy Bible

I thought you would misunderstand. The Church does not "interpret"; it explains.

2,125 posted on 09/18/2013 7:17:06 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex
The Church does not "interpret"; it explains.

Uh; could you int...; uh; EXPLAIN this sentence for me?

2,130 posted on 09/18/2013 8:30:28 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: annalex
I thought you would misunderstand. The Church does not "interpret"; it explains.

You're not going to win an argument with semantics...

in·ter·pret
inˈtərprit/
verb
verb: interpret; 3rd person present: interprets; past tense: interpreted; past participle: interpreted; gerund or present participle: interpreting

1. explain the meaning of (information, words, or actions).
"the evidence is difficult to interpret"
synonyms: explain, elucidate, expound, explicate,
clarify, illuminate, shed light on

That's exactly what your magisterium does for the clueless...They explain that water doesn't mean water all the time...Sometimes water means baptism...

2,136 posted on 09/18/2013 10:24:35 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: annalex; Iscool; Gamecock; Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; count-your-change; ...
I thought you would misunderstand. The Church does not "interpret"; it explains.

Sure. And it doesn't worship it *venerates*. And so it goes, ad nauseum.

And that puts you at odds with your fellow Catholics who tell us without ceasing that the magisterium is needed to correctly *interpret* Scripture.

2,140 posted on 09/18/2013 11:12:51 PM PDT by metmom ( For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: annalex; Iscool; metmom; smvoice; daniel1212
>> The Church does not "interpret"; it explains.<<

ROFLOL! So none of these are actual quotes?

"An infallible Bible is no use without an infallible interpreter..." (My Catholic Faith, p. 145).

"...The Scriptures can never serve as a complete Rule of Faith and a complete guide to heaven independently of an authorized, living interpreter." (The Faith of Our Fathers, p. 68).

"The Church is the only divinely constituted teacher of Revelation. Now, the Scripture is the great depository of the Word of God. Therefore, the Church is the divinely appointed Custodian and Interpreter of the Bible. For, her office of infallible Guide were superfluous if each individual could interpret the Bible for himself...God never intended the Bible to be the Christians' rule of faith independently of the living authority of the Church." (Ibid., p. 77).

"How can you get the true meaning of the Bible? You can get it only from God's official interpreter, the Catholic Church." (A Catechism for Adults page 10)

Or is there some double speak going on again?

2,176 posted on 09/19/2013 12:32:40 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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