You trying to say that we should never accept anything, any position on anything from our Catholic brothers & sisters except official Church documents, in the official Church translation of them? Otherwise, we’d only be getting some opinion that might be in conflict with infallible magisterial authority.
I challenge you to hold yourself to the same standard that you seem to demand of others, less you wanna claim for yourself the infallible magisterial authority.
Actually, more or less, yes. The actual formal teaching of the Church, based on the Sacred Scriptures and the Sacred Tradition, guaranteed by the Holy Spirit and expressed in eg. Councils and Encyclicals IS the standard of belief to which any Catholic (should) hold himself. And that's all in the public domain. Anything else is just my own private, personal, fallible interpretation of Scripture.
Surprised?
You shouldn't be ... I have no desire whatsoever to commit heresy. If I'm found to be maintaining some theological position which is at odds with Catholic Dogma or Catholic Doctrine, by all means let me know. I certainly wish to correct the error.
Beware, though ... not all the musings of priests, bishops, or even popes are Catholic Dogma or Catholic Doctrine.
The problem, of course, is with the Protestants who have no objective standard to which they can refer. "The Scripture Alone" effectively makes every man his own pope ... and leads to chaos.
You trying to say that we should never accept anything, any position on anything from our Catholic brothers & sisters except official Church documents, in the official Church translation of them? Otherwise, we’d only be getting some opinion that might be in conflict with infallible magisterial authority.
I challenge you to hold yourself to the same standard that you seem to demand of others, less you wanna claim for yourself the infallible magisterial authority.
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Such astute wisdom! Thanks.