Scripture is where we find truth and it’s free from error.
There’s no need for anyone to keep Scripture intact and free from error. It already is.
It’s the job of the Holy Spirit to lead people into truth, which is God’s word.
And it’s the job of the believer, who is an ambassador for Christ, to spread the gospel. It’s not the job of an organization or the clergy. It’s the responsibility of every believer to do that.
One should not spread false teachings that are contrary to the Truth of Jesus and His Catholic Church. It is the role of the clergy to preach the Good News of Jesus.
Why then should we ignore 2,000 years of accumulated insights from saints, theologians and scholars who are a lot more mature in Christ than we are?
The Ethiopian Eunuch knew this. When confronted with a mysterious passage from Isaiah (and there are many mysterious passages in Scripture) he made a common sense observation: he said he didn't understand it. Moreover, he followed this with a common sense deed: he asked the Church (in the person of Philip the Evangelist) for help in understanding it. And the Church gave it. That is what the Church does, for the Lord who breathed his Spirit into Scripture and the Lord who breathed his Spirit into the Church is one Lord (John 20:22; 2 Timothy 3:16).
That's why I think if the Ethiopian Eunuch were around today, he would drool over the Catechism of the Catholic Church. How wonderful to have the compendium of the Magisterium’s teaching concerning the fullness of Sacred Tradition, both biblical and extra-biblical — the very thing the Ethiopian asked for! Any Catholic who wants to study Scripture should start by learning from the Ethiopian’s sterling example. For as St. Paul told the Thessalonians, we are to stand firm and hold fast to the Traditions the apostles passed on to us, whether by word of mouth (that is, by Sacred Tradition) or by letter (that is, by Scripture) (2 Thessalonians 2:15). The Ethiopian Eunuch would not settle for part of God's gift; he wanted it all. So should we.
Feel free to read the whole article. http://www.catholiceducation.org/en/religion-and-philosophy/apologetics/the-bible-alone.html
You have told us that you are a former Catholic that has rejected the teachings of the Catholic Church and the Truth that Jesus commanded to the Catholic Church.
Matthew 12:25
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
Jesus assured the apostles and their successors, the popes and the bishops, “He who listens to you listens to me, and he who rejects you rejects me” (Luke 10:16). Jesus promised to guide his Church into all truth (John 16:12–13). We can have confidence that his Church teaches only the truth
It is not free from misrepresentation or erroneous interpretation.
The idea that all revealed truth is to be found in “66 books” is not only not in Scripture, it is contradicted by Scripture (1 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Thessalonians 2:15, 2 Thessalonians 3:6, 1 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Peter 3:16).
It is a concept unheard of in the Old Testament, where the authority of those who sat on the Chair of Moses (Matthew 23:2-3) existed.
In addition to this, for 400 years, there was no defined canon of “Sacred Scripture” aside from the Old Testament; there was no “New Testament”; there was only Tradition and non-canonical books and letters.
Once Scripture was defined from the many competing books, Bibles were hand-copied and decorated by monks, were rare and precious, so precious they had to be chained down in the churches so that they would not be stolen.
Do you think that the lack of printing presses affected the salvation of those who could not peruse Scripture as we have the luxury of doing?
Please thank the Catholic monks for their works in preserving the written Bible.
39 You search the scriptures, because you think you have eternal life through them; even they testify on my behalf.
40 But you do not want to come to me to have life.
john 5