Oh now that's going to open up a whole can of worms here. So you treat the Old Testament as "the Word of God (Emeritus)"?
121 The Old Testament is an indispensable part of Sacred Scripture. Its books are divinely inspired and retain a permanent value,92 for the Old Covenant has never been revoked.
122 Indeed, "the economy of the Old Testament was deliberately SO oriented that it should prepare for and declare in prophecy the coming of Christ, redeemer of all men."93 "Even though they contain matters imperfect and provisional,94 The books of the OldTestament bear witness to the whole divine pedagogy of God's saving love: these writings "are a storehouse of sublime teaching on God and of sound wisdom on human life, as well as a wonderful treasury of prayers; in them, too, the mystery of our salvation is present in a hidden way."95
123 Christians venerate the Old Testament as true Word of God. the Church has always vigorously opposed the idea of rejecting the Old Testament under the pretext that the New has rendered it void (Marcionism).
Just thought that needed to be clarified before it spins out of control.
I should not have phrased it like that in retrospect. I understand the importance of the Old Testament, that it IS the word of God, and that is divinely inspired, that not what I meant. What I was getting at was ONLY using the OT as a source of authority. That is what I don't understand.
I'm not as old as you guys, I haven't had the time to read up on it ;)