[RnMomof7]

Final note: some Protestants (even on this board) have presented some gross distortions of Catholicism, in efforts to attack it... which really does strike me as the "straw man" phenomenon. Is it too much to ask that opponents learn what the Church ACTUALLY teaches, as opposed to making up nonsensical claims and (for example) hiding them under a hypothetical additional claim that "this is what Catholics REALLY believe, given my interpretation of how they behave, etc."?

Actually Rome has massively misread the scriptures, cherry picked passages from the church fathers and developed a false historical narrative.. and Rome gets away with it because their members have been brain washed to believe every thing Rome does is infallible ...

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Actually Rome has massively misread the scriptures, cherry picked passages from the church fathers and developed a false historical narrative..

What authority do you have to make this claim?

You told me that all Protestants (based on their possession of Bibles and Luther's doctrine of Sola Scriptura) agree on a handful of doctrines.

This isn't one of the doctrines on your list, IIRC.

So how can be certain that your claim is true?

Is your interpretation of Scripture infallible?

[terycarl]

Actually Rome has massively misread the scriptures, cherry picked passages from the church fathers and developed a false historical narrative.. and Rome gets away with it because their members have been brain washed to believe every thing Rome does is infallible ...

Yeah...they should be much more careful in reading the scriptures which they wrote...there members aren't brainwashed into anything and much of what you read about the Catholic church is not based on infallible doctrine..

ONLY WHEN THE POPE SPEAKS FROM THE CHAIR OF PETER.....EX CATHEDRA....IS THE STATEMENT INFALLIBLE.

If Pope Francis speaks on his opinion of world politics, global warming, the Chicago Cubs....whatever...it is the opinion of Pope Francis.