Is the greatness of God and human expression of this greatness only limited to those words in the Canon of Scripture? I think not.
Do you sing hymns of praise? Are those hymns listed in the Bible, word for word, chapter and verse? Nope.
Did someone have to teach what the verses of the Bible mean? Of course. No one picks up the Bible and understands it perfectly, and independently. We are all taught interpretation as well as explication and explanation. Why?
As humans, our current existence and language is different from the languages the original books were written in. We use new and different words to explain the same concept, and in the case of the Catholic Church, the same concepts handed down from the Apostles and disciples.
Why limit the praises of the Living God? And why limit the understanding of His Highly Favored Lady?
No one denies you have preaching/teaching. You are blessed if you have someone versed in the original languages to share those insights. Those don't add to the text, they clarify the text.
But no one, well, except catholics and other cults, are adding to the Bible or are developing new doctrines.
I was aware that Balaam's ass could talk; but I have now learned he can post; too.
 'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, ' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.'
'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.' 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.' |