You should also read The Catholic church did not give us the bible -

https://www.onepoliticalplaza.com/t-147753-1.html

No it doesn't. The Catholic church started in 314 AD. The early Christians weren't Catholics.

https://www.onepoliticalplaza.com/t-147713-1.html

That is your way of avoiding answering another question. Okay.

If you copy and paste the link below into your browser you'll see a list of articles with Read on the left and Download on the right. If you are downloading it will be in Microsoft Word format.

https://web.archive.org/web/20060313151801/http://catholicconcerns.com/

Why science does not disprove God -

http://time.com/77676/why-science-does-not-disprove-god/

I don't remember thinking of it as God leading me into temptation. He doesn't tempt us but he will let us be tempted and put into situations that will test us. They way I've heard it explained is this is a plea for that not to happen - that we aren't faced with tough tests or trials. I don't remember how Catholics explain it.

The Old Testament was written by God's inspired prophets, patriarchs, psalmists, judges, and kings. It was faithfully copied and preserved by Jewish scribes. Modern Protestant Bibles have the same content as the Hebrew Bible.

The New Testament was written by Christian apostles. None of them were Catholics, because there was no Roman Catholic Church at the time. This was over two centuries before Constantine's "conversion".

The early Church did not have the New Testament as we know it. Rather, individuals and local congregations had portions of it. They would have one or more of the Gospels, some of the letters which Apostles had written, and perhaps the Book of Acts or the Book of Revelation.

Why weren't all of these books collected in one place? Look at what the books themselves say. Individual apostles wrote them for specific audiences. For example, the Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts were written for Theophilus. (Luke 1:3; Acts 1:1) Most of the Epistles were written to specific churches or to specific individuals. (Romans 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 2 Corinthians 1:1; Galatians 1:2; Ephesians 1:1; Philippians 1:1; Colossians 1:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:1; 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 1 Timothy 1:2; 2 Timothy 1:2; Titus 1:4; Philemon 1:1; 3 John 1:1)

The early Christians expected that Jesus would return for His Church at any moment. As a result, they didn't see the need for long-term planning for future generations. Furthermore, Christians were persecuted by the Romans. When your life is in constant danger, it is difficult to collect writings which are scattered all over the Roman Empire. So it took time to collect all of these writings, decide which ones were authoritative Scripture, and make complete sets of them.

By the time of Origen (185-254 A.D.), there was general agreement about most of the New Testament. However, there was disagreement as to whether the following six epistles should be part of the New Testament canon: Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude. This was sixty years before Constantine's "conversion" and the formation of the Roman Catholic Church in 314 A.D. By 367 A.D., all of the books of the New Testament were acknowledged as being authoritative Scripture. [Note 17]

The canon of the New Testament was not formed by the decision of any Church council. Rather, the Council of Carthage (397 A.D.) listed as canonical "only those books that were generally regarded by the consensus of use as properly a canon". [Note 18] In other words, it didn't create the canon. Rather, it formally identified the canon that already existed.

So the Catholic Church did not give us the Bible. However, it did help confirm the authenticity of six New Testament epistles. Also, Catholic monks faithfully preserved the Bible by copying it.

The Catholic Church changed the Bible. In 1548, at the Council of Trent, it added the Apocrypha to the Bible. The apocryphal books contain passages which are used to justify some Catholic doctrines, such as praying for the dead. The Apocrypha are discussed in Appendix B.

https://web.archive.org/web/20060404054301/http://www.catholicconcerns.com:80/Rome.html

Cardinal Newman made a rather silly and ignorant statement for it wasn't the Catholics who were there at the beginning...it was the Christians.

The protestants have no man made doctrine like the Catholic church. They use the bible. That's all we need - as God told us that was all we need.

Is he stupid? Can somebody who's stupid really be the president? Is he really doing all this for Putin? Would someone with an oversized ego really do that?

I did read it Doc. It goes completely against God's word and is another fabrication of the Catholic church.

This statement is totally invalid - "So, why did the Church wait so long to define the Marian dogmas?

For the same reason it took centuries to create the canon of the Bible and define the dogma of the Trinity at the First Council of Constantinople: "

Why is that statement not valid? Because the writer is trying to compare God's word with man's word. There is no comparison. The author failed completely in providing any biblical evidence because there is none. That itself invalidates the idea of praying to Mary.

Did God lie to us in His word with this -
For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, 1 Tim 2:5

What good is it to do mental gymnastics when the truth is so exquisitely simple? There is no co-mediatrix mentioned, nothing. Do you realize that when you do pray to Mary you are demeaning Christ and what He did for us? You demean His love and infinite mercy?

The source of information should be the bible. If one is presented with an argument or doctrine then we have to search the scriptures to see what is true - like the Bereans did. That is what led to me leaving Catholicism. The bible was and is my truth.

Why are these to be complicated teachings? Christ's teachings were beautifully simple. They can't explain why it took so long for this to be revealed. The bible gives a warning to not add to it. It's pretty clear.

How could a perfect and all knowing God neglect to put any of that in the bible?

Why are popes taking so long to come out with it if it could have benefited people centuries ago? Its not logical.

Neither. It was a pretty straightforward question. It's analogous to a burglar not wanting to be discovered so he can get away with more.

You really think Trump wants to destroy the US? I don't care for him but its a huge leap to say he wants it destroyed.