To my knowledge, most former Catholics that left your church left when they started studying the scriptures...So my point is that if a person starts seriously studying the scriptures, without the influence of the Catholic church, that person won't be a Catholic for long...
***To my knowledge, most former Catholics that left your church left when they started studying the scriptures***
Where and how have you acquired that knowledge?
***So my point is that if a person starts seriously studying the scriptures, without the influence of the Catholic church, that person won’t be a Catholic for long...***
This is what Scripture itself warns against. Without the Church, enough verse can selected to generate or believe innovative theologies such as the JWs, Christian Science, the Campbell/Stone movement, Lutheranism, Calvinism, Anabaptism or even the Judaizers.
**To my knowledge, most former Catholics that left your church left when they started studying the scriptures...**
This is nonsense. Catholics read Scripture everyday. Our liturgy is based on Scripture. Have you ever looked at the Priest’s book (Sacramentary) with the prayers that he says at Mass? You would be so surprised because most of them come straight from Scripture.
Mark you are right on this. Faith and Scripture work together.