We go through biblical verses in the Divine Liturgy, through our prayers, and through the readings of the Epistles of +Paul and the Gospels. Not all of the NT is read throughout the year. The OT readings are done at through the year at Vespers (Saturday evening prayers) and during the Great Lent (40 days).
That's true, but it does support my position that Jesus is telling us to read and follow the scriptures
He is not telling ordinary people to read the Scripture. That's not how Judaism operated. ordinary people did not have access to biblical scrolls.
OK, so I hope we can now agree that the Bible is clear on this by itself
Inasmuch as those who believed Jesus believed what He said was in Scriptures. There are many things Christ taught that was not in Scriptures that they believed as John tells us and is not written down but is obviously the same as Scriptures. The people then believed the Church and the NT and the OT to interpret both correctly and trusted the Church to compile in Judaism or Christianity -- until of course, the Reformers.
We do believe that the Bible is free from any kind of error
A cursory study of the Bible reveals that your belief is wrong. The Christian Bible has undergone massive and radical alterations in its
He absolutely IS telling all of us to read the scripture. Do you really think Christ does not want us to read scripture? I ask myself why anyone would want to erect such a wall between Christ and His children in the laity. The answer is clear. Men of the Church need power, so they make themselves gatekeepers to salvation/theosis. "Christ never said to read His word, trust US only".
FK: "We do believe that the Bible is free from any kind of error."
A cursory study of the Bible reveals that your belief is wrong. The Christian Bible has undergone massive and radical alterations in its ...
I meant the original drafts of the original completed works, sans any minor errors that have crept in due to translation, etc. I still think we have almost ALL of the substance of the original Bible and that all of its teachings are 100% correct.