I always say that if I was non-Catholic Christian, I would come to the Roman Catholic Church (though it is never as easy as that as Faith is a gift from God):
How does the Holy Spirit “send” you out into the world?
Does not the Holy Spirit speak to you?
How do you believe the Bible was compiled and preserved from the Roman persecutions and the Barbarian Dark Ages to the printing press?
Yes - by means of the Church, through the Scripture readings, homilies, and teachings that I hear at Mass and other parish gatherings, through what I read in the Scriptures (a Catholic book) and through what I am taught in my reading of the Scriptures, the writings of the Saints, and other books that are put out by the Church.
The Apostles,we did not have a printing press or any thing being distrbut,it was the monks of the Cathloic Church for the first 3 or 4 hundren years we did not have a bible.
I was curious as to Tweet’s opinion, since in her last post to jmcrae, she seemed to be questioning this.
What did I question?
That the Scriptures come to us from the Catholic Church.
That everything would disappear if not for the CC.It looks like you have a different opinion than jmcrae, correct me if I’m wrong. If you disagree with her opinion, give me yours.
that the scriptures are only understood by the CCThat the Scriptures come to us from the Catholic Church.
If the CC had never existed, then neither would any of these things. It was by the decree of Pope Innocent I that we know what is supposed to be in the Bible.
The CC wrote it, and compiled it, so is much more likely to know why it was put there, and what it means, rather than people who come along hundreds of years later, and just decide to make it mean whatever they want it to mean.
I don’t think the Catholic Church has ever claimed that Scripture is **only **understood in the Catholic Church. Certainly it is most fully understood there (though not necessarily by each individual Catholic as can be plainly seen). I think though that if other Christians have a scriptural interpretation that differs significantly from the Catholic interpretation that we can claim (as Catholics) that the Catholic interpretation is the correct one.
I am very happy and pleased that you believe and practice your faith and may God Bless you on your journey to our ultimate goal. I am very pleased with Jesus in my life and will continue to worship Him daily. And do my best to always please Him.If the CC had never existed, then neither would any of these things. It was by the decree of Pope Innocent I that we know what is supposed to be in the Bible.
Without what is in the Bible, there is no Bible.
The CC wrote it, and compiled it, so is much more likely to know why it was put there, and what it means, rather than people who come along hundreds of years later, and just decide to make it mean whatever they want it to mean.
It reminds me of the story of Stephen Leacock, a Canadian writer, who is reasonably famous, but people don’t really know what he looks like; he doesn’t get a lot of interviews, and he is very seldom photographed.
Anyway, one time, his local college put on a course on his writings, and, just to see what was being taught, he decided to apply for the course under an assumed name.
Well, the teacher told the students all kinds of very interesting things about the meaning of Stephen Leacock’s writings. When it came to the final essay and exam, though, Mr. Leacock wrote down what he had actually meant to convey by these things that he had written, rather than giving back to the teacher what she had interpreted it to mean.
He failed the course, and he was told by the teacher that he had no comprehension of the writings of Stephen Leacock.
Boy, were they ever embarrassed when he revealed who he was.
The same thing happens to the Catholic Church, with regard to the Bible. Protestants have all these ideas of what the Bible “really means” which have nothing at all to do with what the Catholic Church had originally intended to mean when these things were first written.
Unfortunately, instead of recognizing the Catholic Church as the author of these things, and changing their opinions based on what they are being told by the Church, they simply offer the Church a “failing grade” and then continue to persist in their errors.
Well I have been told diffrerently here that some scriptures are for the hiaracy pf the church. I am not for gay marriage , And there are a lot of people who promote gay marriage in the CC.
Not sure what you mean but if you’re calling something I said false, could you be specific? What do you mean here?
:sad_yes: What is sad is seemingly many Catholics can’t seem to grasp the concept of the definition of the word belief.
Hi Tweety, above is the question I had for you.