As Catholics were responsible for writing the New Testament (under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit), the Catholic Church doesn't "interpret" the Bible. We explain it. Protestants can only "interpret", because they are not the author (guided by the Holy Spirit), and therefore, can only guess at the possible meaning of a chapter, passage or phrase, just as anyone can only guess at any author's intentions in any other book. As the author, the Catholic Church is the only proper authority to consult in matters pertaining to the Bible.
“As Catholics were responsible for writing the New Testament “
False statment. Prove it.
“Protestants can only “interpret”,”
False statement. Prove your claim.
“because they are not the author”
ALL authors are with the Lord now. NONE are on earth. That is irrelevant.
“(guided by the Holy Spirit),”
False claim. Prove your claim that Protestants are not guided by the Holy Scripture.
“and therefore, can only guess at the possible meaning of a chapter, passage or phrase,”
False statement. Prove your claim.
“just as anyone can only guess at any author’s intentions in any other book”
We do not need to know the “intentions”, if God did not reveal them in the Scriptures. He did write what He wants us to know. He used real language. Real grammar. Real sentence structure.
>> “As Catholics were responsible for writing the New Testament” <<
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This is so false as to be absolutely laughable.
Constantine created what you call the catholic church in the mid 4th century. The writings of the NT were already almost 300 years old at that point, and had traveled to the entire civilized world 250 years earlier.
No, believing Jews wrote the New Testament.
St, Paul's faith, for example, was a faith which was a continuation of the Old Testament which along with the New Testament was written by the Holy Spirit. Paul understood that the Old Testament promises to the Jews had been fulfilled in Christ. Both Old and New Testament saints were combined into one party of believers.
Old Testament believers were not Catholics either yet they were able to both interpret and explain Scripture to their hearers.