The Holy Catholic Church is not an “organization”, it doesn’t “traffic” and it encourages Bible study among Catholics. Geez, do Protestants (the `sola scriptura’ variety) really believe that Rome fears its nefarious rule will be overthrown by knowledge of the very Book that is the basis for worship of Jesus our Savior? That’s Godfather III stuff.
What else do you believe about Catholics? That we’re a bunch of drunks & our priests are perverts?
The early Church, that would be the CATHOLIC CHURCH, the one founded by our blessed Savior Jesus Christ, canonized Scripture and published all 73 books of the bible, proclaiming it the inerrant Word of God. Pretty hard to be outside the CATHOLIC CHURCH if one reads the bible no matter the bashing and ridicule.
Well, my FRiend, if the RCC were other than a cult-like organization, it would read the Bible carefully and notice there is no absolution of sin, there is no purgatory, there is no indulgence, there is no sacerdotalism, there is no Mariolatry, there is no pope (and certainly no unbroken line), there are no seven sacraments, there are no gold lined cathedrals, there is no penance, there is no celibacy, and a dozen other spurious doctrines...none of which teach grace, alone, through faith in Jesus. But, honestly, yes, there are an awful lot of perverts among the so-called priesthood.