“To be deep in Scripture is to cease to be Catholic.”
Tell that to the Protestant ministers - who have degrees in scripture and studied it in the original languages - who have become Catholic. I know a number of them myself. They certainly no more scripture and know it in a deeper way than you do if your posts are anything to judge your knowledge by.
Full of ‘nos’ eh?
Yes, they certainly do!
...The Church should combat widespread "Biblical illiteracy" among the Catholic faithful, Archbishop Eterovic said...
-- from the thread Synod to Focus on Proper Use of Scripture
....The flip side of this embarrassment is the presumption among many Catholics that they “get” the Bible at Mass, along with everything else they need for their spiritual lives....Given that exposure, many think they do not need anything else. As Mr. McMahon put it, “The majority still say you go to Mass, you get your ticket punched, and that’s it for the week.”
-- from the thread A Literate Church: The state of Catholic Bible study today
According to a study released in September by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, evangelical Protestants are a whopping eight times more likely than Catholics to read the Bible on a weekly basis....we tip our hats to our separated brothers and sisters in Christ for their zeal for the Word of God.
-- from the National Catholic Register article Get Cracking, Catholics!