Not at all. The Bible was assembled under Petrine authority and that God-given authority is to one Church, that He shall be with the Church until the consummation of the world, This authority is not to be extended to every Tom, Dick, and Harry’s interpretation.
Thus during the early years of Christianity a raging debate ensued whether Christ was not only fully God but also fully man. It was the Church fathers who gathered in Nicea that settled the question. Church doctrine is one credo, for all times and for all ages.
Not the Billy Grahams, Joel Osteens. Moons, nor the Mormons or Jehovah’s Witnesses or for any of the other heretical brands and not for every corner street Foursquare church pastor who thinks he can crack open the pages of the Bible and offer up “his” or “her” own interpretation.
This debate begins and ends with Petrine authority. Either you accept it, as have scores of eminent Protestant scholars and pastors who have converted to Catholicism or you don’t.
I find it interesting catholics always say convert to catholicism......and not Christianity. The difference is telling.
Oh good grief. The catholic claim to Petrine authority has been shown to be wrong so many times on this board it is sad catholics continue to cling to this....and I mean cling to it.
And who, exactly, created Petrine authority ??