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Roman Catholic Faith Examined!
Books by David W. Trivia About Did the Catholic Christ did not tell the people, as Catholics do today, that they could accept the Scriptures only on the basis of the authority of those who gathered them and declared them to be inspired. He urged the people of His day to follow the Old Testament Scriptures as the infallible guide, not because man or any group of men has sanctioned them as such, but because they came from God.
Furthermore, He understood that God-fearing men and women would be able to discern by evidence external and internal which books were of God and which were not; thus, He never raised questions and doubts concerning the gathering of the inspired books.
If the Bible is a Catholic book, why does it nowhere mention the Catholic Church? Why is there no mention of a pope, a cardinal, an archbishop, a parish priest, a nun, or a member of any other Catholic order? If the Bible is a Catholic book, why is auricular confession, indulgences, prayers to the saints, adoration of Mary, veneration of relics and images, and many other rites and ceremonies of the Catholic Church, left out of it?
Did the Catholic Church Give Us the Bible?: The True History of God's Words by David W. Daniels
If the Bible is a Catholic book, how can Catholics account for the passage, "A bishop then, must be blameless, married but once, reserved, prudent, of good conduct, hospitable, a teacher He should rule well his own household, keeping his children under control and perfectly respectful.
For if a man cannot rule his own household, how is he to take care of the church of God? The Catholic Church does not allow a bishop to marry, while the Bible says "he must be married. The following list give a summation of what we have been trying to emphasize. If the Bible is a Catholic book,. Thus, Catholics argue that since the Council of Hippo in A. There are several things wrong with this. First, it cannot be proven that the church which held the Council of Hippo in A.
For example, the church of had no crucifixes and images because, "The first mention of Crucifixes are in the sixth century" and "The whole tradition of veneration holy images gradually and naturally developed" Catholic Encyclopedia , Vol. The church of took communion under both kinds because that was the prevailing practice until it was formally abolished in A. The church of was a church altogether different from the Roman Catholic Church today.
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Furthermore, in the proceedings of the Council of Hippo, the bishops did not mention nor give the slightest hint that they were for the first time "officially" cataloging the books of he Bible for the world. It was not until the fourth session of the Council of Trent that the bishops and high ranking officials of the Catholic Church "officially" cataloged the books they thought should be included in the Bible and bound them upon the consciences of all Catholics.
See Canons and Decrees of the Council of Trent , pp.
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- The Catholic Church did not Give the world The Bible!;
- Please notice the following from Catholic sources:?
Secondly, God did not give councils the authority to select His sacred books, nor does He expect men to receive His sacred books only because of councils or on the basis of councils. It takes no vote or sanction of a council to make the books of the Bible authoritative. Men were able to rightly discern which books were inspired before the existence of ecclesiastical councils and men can do so today.
A council of men in with no divine authority whatever, supposedly took upon itself the right to state which books were inspired, and Catholics argue, "We can accept the Bible only on the authority of the Catholic Church. Thirdly, it cannot be proven that the Catholic Church is solely responsible for the gathering and selection of the New Testament books. In fact, it can be shown that the New Testament books were gathered into one volume and were in circulation long before the Catholic Church claims to have taken its action in at the council of Hippo.
In the following we list some of the catalogues of the books of the Bible which are given by early Christian writers.
Thus, the New Testament books were in existence in their present form at the close of the apostolic age. In other words, it discovers what is already authentic. Jesus said "my sheep hear my voice and they follow me. The church hears the voice of Christ; that is, it recognizes what is inspired, and it follows the word.
It does not add to it as the Roman Catholic Church has done. Therefore, it is not following the voice of Christ.
Did The Catholic Church Give Us The Bible?
If the Roman Catholic Church wants to state that it gave us the Bible, then how can they rightfully claim to have given us the Old Testament which is part of the Bible? It didn't, so it cannot make that claim. The fact is that the followers of God, the true followers of God, recognize what is and is not inspired. Fourth, when the apostles wrote the New Testament documents, they were inspired by the power of the Holy Spirit. There wasn't any real issue of whether or not they were authentic. Their writings did not need to be deemed worthy of inclusion in the Canon of Scripture by a later group of men in the so-called Roman Catholic Church.
To make such a claim is, in effect, to usurp the natural power and authority of God himself that worked through the Apostles. Fifth, the Scripture says, "But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, 21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God," 2 Pet. The Bible tells us that the Scriptures are inspired by the Holy Spirit.