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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans
"So you accuse me of being wrong for pointing out that you downplay the authority and role of scripture..."

I do not downplay the authority of Scripture nor do I over inflate it. Sacred Scripture, together with Sacred Tradition for the Sacred Deposit of Faith. Further, the task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching office of the Church alone. Its authority in this matter is exercised in the name of Jesus Christ. This means that the task of interpretation has been entrusted to the bishops in communion with the successor of Peter, the Bishop of Rome.

Whatever worth you give to the bastardized version of Sola Scripture you preach cannot be imposed on knowledgeable Catholics. Where Luther proposed a sufficiency of Scripture, the modern step children of the Reformation insist on an exclusivity of Scripture, not only of their interpretation of Scripture, and on a reduced number of books that fit their theology, but carefully selected verses within those books selected and read with a Protestant eye. Again, forgive me for not taking you seriously.

Peace be with you

222 posted on 05/29/2013 5:55:35 PM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a book, He left us a Church.)
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To: Natural Law

“Further, the task of giving an authentic interpretation of the Word of God, whether in its written form or in the form of Tradition, has been entrusted to the living teaching office of the Church alone.”


Okay! So please provide the Roman Catholic “interpretation” and explanation for Daniel 10:12-13’s apparent contradiction of your “spiritual beings are not bound to being in one location!” theology. You can also provide the RCC’s official explanation of how a human creature can share in the omnipresence of God.


223 posted on 05/29/2013 6:04:01 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans
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