Ten Commandments

[Cristian_B]

As you wish.

I think that my point has been made that when you say “the law that Moses wrote” or “Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt” it is giving tacit authority to God’s leadership, through Moses. Yet it is not incorrect to say that Moses wrote the law.

Similarly, when we say “the Catholic Church gave us the Bible” it is giving tacit authority to God’s leadership,* through* the Catholic Church. It is not incorrect to say that the Catholic Church wrote the Bible.

I will just make this one post regarding the Moses thing. Then the discussion will finish.

Moses wrote the Law. He indeed wrote it. But it originated in God before Moses wrote it. In the Law of Moses it is written that we are to make sacrifices and how to make them. The sacrifices and the methods were well known from the beginning of the world, therefore before Moses. We know this for Abel brought a sacrifice onto the Lord.

In the same way, all that is in the Bible was known before it was written. But no, it wasn’t written by the Catholic Church but by the Apostles.

 

[NHInsider]

In the same way, all that is in the Bible was known before it was written. But no, it wasn’t written by the Catholic Church but by the Apostles.

The Apostles would not have understood the distinction you are trying to make. But that probably is another thread. . . .

 

[PRmerger]

I will just make this one post regarding the Moses thing. Then the discussion will finish.

LOL! Alrighty, then.

Moses wrote the Law. He indeed wrote it.

So we should give the credit to Moses, then!

In the same way, all that is in the Bible was known before it was written. But no, it wasn’t written by the Catholic Church but by the Apostles.

Ok. Then the Catholic Church put the Bible together. They indeed put it together. But it originated in God.

So we should give the credit to the CC, which was my original point you were disputing.

This entire dialogue proves what I said earlier (see below).

Just like it was a matter of the Church to tell us what was Scripture and what was not. Scripture does not tell us. It’s part of the Sacred Tradition of the CC that you obey, unwittingly or consciously–doesn’t matter.

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Just remember, each and every time you quote Scripture you’re giving tacit approval to the authority of the CC.

You would not know that the book of James is inspired but the Gospel of the Nazoreans is not, were it not for the authority of the CC.