Who’s on first?
Jesus Christ Our Lord.
Sheesh, there is NO pinning down what Catholicism teaches.
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First they’re infallible, except when they’re not.
Not quite kosher to disdain Catholicism for its allegedly unlimited claim of infallibility, and then disdain it because it's, in fact, sharply limited.
Then it’s only what’s taught ex cathedra, except when it’s not.
A statement which impresses only those who don't know jack chick about the Catechism.
Then the Church wrote the Bible and uses it to give itself authority, but Tradition supersedes it.
A statement which impresses only those who don't know that Scripture is Tradition, the Written Tradition, and can't be "superceded" by it.
They’ve raised hair splitting to the finest art on earth.
Hey!! You talkin' about my split ends???!
The Pharisees were amateurs compared to the Catholic church.
History bit: The Pharisees were the forerunner of Rabbinical Judaism. The Apostles and their co-workers for the Gospel --- the episcopoi, presbyteroi, and diakonoi --- were the forerunners of Catholicism.
I'll be back soon! Study Hard!
Well, it really kinda depends on which Catholic you’re talking to at the moment what you’re told about what the Catholic church believes and teaches.