[daniel1212]

sure it did...only the Catholic church was there at the time. They edited it, wrote it, copied it (by hand), and preserved it through 2,000 years so that you would have it to enjoy.....say "Thanks Catholics"!!!

That is amazing, since most of Scripture existed before there was a church even in Rome, while making the NT church into that of Rome today is two different things .

But i am interested in the polemical logic behind this oft-repeated we-gave-you-the-Bible assertion. Are you arguing that being the steward of Scripture makes them the infallible authority on it, so that those who dissent from them are rebels against God? And if this is not the argument, then what worth is the assertion at issue?

It also follows that if this statement is supposed to provide warrant to submit to the magisterium of Rome, then no one could have assurance of Truth, and of writings being Scripture, before they decreed what this and what they were. Affirm or deny?

[NKP_Vet]

“Are you arguing that being the steward of Scripture makes them the infallible authority on it”

No, that authority comes from God.

[terycarl]

Are you arguing that being the steward of Scripture makes them the infallible authority on it, so that those who dissent from them are rebels against God? And if this is not the argument, then what worth is the assertion at issue?

ummmm, basically yes. When Christ promised that what you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, He pretty much protected the Catholic church from error. He also said whose whoever sins you shall for give are forgiven, whose sins you shall retain are retained.....establishing the Sacrament of penance or reconciliation, or confession.

see how easy it is when you listen and believe??