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The reason I said that your post was absurd is because of the way you characterized my point. Yes, we can respectfully disagree and I have no problem with that. You do not make certain connections in scripture that can and should be made. If you do not like the results of these connections that does not make them untrue. The Catholic Church has not reverse engineered anything in using scripture to prove or justify anything.
Church history and the Early Church Fathers, along with the unwavering teachings of the Church are testimonies to and from scripture that are found lacking in every other “system.”
Look for the Catholic teaching in scripture rather than simply denying that which supports the Catholic position. The support of the papacy comes from many places in scripture and it is the entire picture that tells the story. Let me suggest that you go to jamesakin.com and other Catholic websites to read how all of these verses tie together. You dismiss things far too quickly.
Church history and the Early Church Fathers, along with the unwavering teachings of the Church are testimonies to and from scripture that are found lacking in every other “system.”
Look for the Catholic teaching in scripture rather than simply denying that which supports the Catholic position. The support of the papacy comes from many places in scripture and it is the entire picture that tells the story. Let me suggest that you go to jamesakin.com and other Catholic websites to read how all of these verses tie together. You dismiss things far too quickly.