Considering that your idea of Scripture being the sole
source of faith cannot be found in Scriptures nor in history but
rather a man-made doctrine in the 1500s, thats really
amazing.
Jesus Christ established a Church to proclaim the good news. He
never intended on having the Bible be the sole infallible guide for
the Christian faith. This is why the Catholic Church is one, and
your Protestant denominations are 30,000. No where in the Bible
will you find any writer say that the Scriptures are the sole,
exclusive and infallible authority for God's word. To the contrary,
the sacred writers repeatedly emphasize oral Tradition, the Church,
and the authority of the Church's ecllesial hierarchy
Catholics revere the Scriptures (or should!) more than any other
Christian because we want the Bible to say what it intends to say,
nothing more, nothing less. The Bible is a Catholic book, written
by the early Church, protected and preserved by the Church down
through the years, who determined its canonicity and apostolicity.
It is a inapproaite to say "we are Bible-based." Instead, we must
say that the Bible is "Church-based." Sola Scriptura is like
tearing off someone's arm, and then beating them with it. The Bible
is an indispesnable part of God's revealed Word, but He gave the
His Revelation to His Church, both orally(Tradition) and in writing
(scripture) (2 Thess. 2:15).
This is why St. Paul says it is the Church, not the Scriptures,
that is the pinnacle and foundation of the truth." (1 Tim. 3:15).
Christ gave us the Church, his Bride, to lead us into all truth.
God gave us a Church; He didn't just give us a book and tell us to
figure it out on our own. God is bound by His love and justice to
ensure that we would be receiving the truth, and this is the role
of His Church.
Church Intepretation vs Private Intepretation.
Church Intepretation - Unity in 2000yrs
Private intepretation - 36 000 sects in a mere 4 centuries.
Who is twisting God's word i wonder....
