[JZoback]

'What moral authority does the Catholic Church claim its principles from?'

St John 17:18, St Luke 22:29-30.

I don't think the Catholic Church would agree.

[Mike Fieschko]

'What moral authority does the Catholic Church claim its principles from?'

St John 17:18, St Luke 22:29-30

I don't think the Catholic Church would agree.

The first is from the Lord's prayer to the Father, where He refers to the apostles: 'I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou gavest Me out of the world' (verse 6). Verse 18 is 'As Thou hast sent Me into the world, even so have I also sent them [the apostles] into the world.' The apostles have the Lord's authority.

The second is when the Lord says 'And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; That ye may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel'. This is, of course, at the Last Supper.

Would you elaborate on why the Catholic Church would not agree?

(Using the KJV here. I could post other translations, if you want.)