So “your” view of theology and historical scholarship trumps that of the early Church fathers, and those of Aquinas, Augustine, Newman, Benedict (whose works form part of the core curriculum of the theological departments in major colleges and universities) and a long list of eminent Protestant scholars of all denominations including learned Jewish Rabbis who have studied this matter and converted to Catholicism?
Bible-Christians swim around the belief of scripture whose books were assembled by infallible Petrine authority in the Synod of Rome in AD 382 and as scripture itself tells us Christ did and said many things that were not written down but became part of the great oral traditions and liturgical rituals and beliefs of the Church. This is why Bible Christians fear to swim into the deep end of the pool of theological inquiry.
Not this one... I swim around the bible that the Jews of Israel and Jesus believed in...And the New Testament text that originated in the area of Jerusalem and where people were first called Christians in Antioch, Syria...There is no connection between that bible and yours...
So “your” view of theology and historical scholarship trumps that of the early Church fathers, and those of Aquinas, Augustine, Newman, Benedict (whose works form part of the core curriculum of the theological departments in major colleges and universities) and a long list of eminent Protestant scholars of all denominations including learned Jewish Rabbis who have studied this matter and converted to Catholicism?
I have no interest in pagan philosophical 'theology' that makes up your Church's religious beliefs...Jesus warned us about that as well...
I do not for a second believe that God used anyone nor gave anyone spiritual enlightenment to authoritatively teach his scriptures who was not married and did not have a family, especially a raging queer like Newman, who you guys fawn over...
There are plenty of non Catholic bible scholars and theologians out there who dance circles around anyone Catholic...I am not one of them...But I have read many of their works...They actually know the bible and know Jesus...