“If you can come up with a good Biblical reference for that assertion, we could have a nice debate”
Ignorance is no excuse. Go down to the local library or better yet do a Google search about the history of Christianity and come back and tell me Catholics didn’t compile the Bible and canonize the Bible. Go along now and do you homework.
Instead of getting all smug and condescending, you should understand what I was referring to , as I quoted in the line above the challenge in post 152. I will re-post it here as a courtesy, and underline you false assertion:
from Post 152 above:
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QUOTE: "The Catholic Church, started by Christ himself, has the teaching authority for the Bible"
If you can come up with a good Biblical reference for that assertion, we could have a nice debate. For I would counter with this... ----------------------------------------------------
Your condescending statement "Go along now and do you homework." would be well received by yourself. Instead, I would say to you "Go along now and ask your Priest what to believe."
“...and tell me Catholics didn’t compile the Bible and canonize the Bible. Go along now and do you homework.”
You are wrong, of course.
The assumption is that nothing happened after that. When the Reformation set the Scriptures free, it also set in motion an examination that resulted in a Canon minus the erroneous books Romanism had included.
Arrogance is no excuse. It is hubris in the extreme to think that God did not have a hand in directing the right men to write, hold and save the works revealed by Him. You attribute to the Catholic Church that which rightfully belongs to God. You elevate man/denomination to a level beyond his pay grade. Give God the Glory. Do a Bible search and see if He doesn't deserve it more.