The Case of Sola-L and Sola-C

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JonNC said:
Well, regarding doctrine, not all of us.

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Yes, my apologies,. Jon. You are correct that not all of Protestantism celebrates the individual’s right to interpret Scripture apart from the Church.
 
PRmerger said:
You are applying a Protestant paradigm to Catholicism, cath. Protestantism celebrates the individual’s right to interpret the Bible and come to her own conclusions. Catholicism, OTOH, proclaims that there is One Truth, One Faith, and to the degree that you have separated yourself from this faith is the degree that you are not united to this faith.

As one CAFs member has stated, “There are no ‘two people within the CC’. You are projecting your Protestant reality into the CC. There is the teaching of the Church and it is clear to all through the Catechism, encyclicals etc—”–Philthy.
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This claim that Catholics do not engage in interpretation bothers me. It is literally impossible to read something, be it the Scriptures or the CCC, without interpreting it in a fashion unique to oneself. The fact that good and faithful Catholics here on this very board sometimes debate the meaning of the Scriptures, CCC, Encyclicals, Conciliar Documents, Patristic texts, etc., is indicative of that underlying principle. Catholics , I think, would be better off to claim that they have been more faithful to the teachings of the fathers and therefore, the teachings of Christ, than certain Protestant groups. I say this not to antagonize, but only because I have read some Reformed theologians who provide strong rebuttals against this particular argument that Catholics do not engage in private interpretation.
 
Cavaradossi said:
This claim that Catholics do not engage in interpretation bothers me. It is literally impossible to read something, be it the Scriptures or the CCC, without interpreting it in a fashion unique to oneself. The fact that good and faithful Catholics here on this very board sometimes debate the meaning of the Scriptures, CCC, Encyclicals, Conciliar Documents, Patristic texts, etc., is indicative of that underlying principle. Catholics , I think, would be better off to claim that they have been more faithful to the teachings of the fathers and therefore, the teachings of Christ, than certain Protestant groups. I say this not to antagonize, but only because I have read some Reformed theologians who provide strong rebuttals against this particular argument that Catholics do not engage in private interpretation.
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Perhaps on the minutiae, yes, there is disagreement.

But on the essentials, there is no room for diverging opinions, Cavaradossi.
 
cath4alltime said:
Been here for 20 years haven’t seen any unity yet.
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My wife and I have been married for 14 years, and have had many disagreements since we first met 16 years ago. Does that mean we are not “one flesh”?

[BIBLEDRB]Matt 19:5-6[/BIBLEDRB]
 
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