What is the Catholic position on the Bible?
What is the Catholic position on the Bible?
What is the Catholic position on the Bible?
The Scriptures are the crown jewel of Tradition.
Well, let's put it this way...
Anytime I ask a Roman Catholic to back up one of their church's teachings with scripture, they give me the CCC.
According to orthodoxy, what does faith mean in the Christian walk?
And its proper to do so. The Catechism of the Catholic Church has a good explanation of our beliefs, and references both Scripture and Tradition in its pages.Well, let's put it this way...
Anytime I ask a Roman Catholic to back up one of their church's teachings with scripture, they give me the CCC.
And its proper to do so. The Catechism of the Catholic Church has a good explanation of our beliefs, and references both Scripture and Tradition in its pages.
...otherwise I'd have to refer to the Bible in the whole, since I'm particularly opposed to the concept of prooftexting by a verse here and a verse there...
When we, as individuals, read or search the scriptures for learning about God.
Isn't it possible that we can develop different interpretations?
It is a doctrine of The Church that the Holy Scriptures are the inerrant and God brethed. The doctrine of inerrancy flows very naturally from the Church's teaching that Scripture is the Word of God. If the Bible is inspired by the Holy Spirit, if it is the Word of God and God is Truth...than all that He says must be truth. No error can be contained in anything spoken by God. So if the Bible is inspired it would be free of error.
I do not know of an official answer so forgive me if I err but I would say that faith is a profound and lifestyle altering system of belief. It is far more than a simple acceptance of fact.
I can believe that a tree is growing in india. That belief does not alter my behavior. I will continue to live just as I was before. That is not faith. It is simple acceptance of fact.
So then, you believe that the CCC is equal to the Bible in authority?
The CCC references the Bible. So if someone refers you to the CCC, you'll get scripture and the explaination of how that scripture is applied according to Church teaching. So if a Catholic refers you to the Catechism, they're killing two birds with one stone - both showing you the explanation of their belief, and of its scriptural backing.
Pro. Catholics are pro-Bible.