Message from @Mozalbete ⳩
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I'm talking the teachings of those who gave us scripture in the first place
Ok give me an second and let me see if I can explain it you how it comes across to me from your explanation
Without the Church, what you consider to be scripture is just another random collection of writtings
The church is what it is because the council decides the interpretation of scripture. But the only argument from what makes the council right is one part of scripture that means a specific interpretation to that specific council agreed upon? That is definitionally circular reasoning.
The Church exists because Christ created it, and scripture tells us about that creation, but things would be the same way, with or without scripture. The councils, with the final approval of the pope, are an exercise of the Church's authority. There councils result in things like the final canon of scripture, the interpretation of that scripture, and things that are not an interpretation of scripture, but obviously don't contradict the interpretations of scripture.
As it is obvious, the existence of the Church does not contradict scripture, and the creation of the Church is mentioned in Scripture. My mentions of that scripture is to show the contradictions in those who want to accept Scripture but reject the Church.
So everything that the Catholic Church has done, is doing and will do is entirely righteous because of the piece of scripture you quoted because the Church is infallible because of said scripture?
Why have you ignored everything I have said?
I haven't
I'm not trying to be difficult or straw man you
I'm honestly trying to understand
Everything the Catholic Church dogmatically declares, has declared and will declare is true because Christ created the Church and said the Gates of Hell would not prevail
Right
And those things happened before anyone wrote about them, and before such scriptures were declared canocical
So everything the Catholic Church has done, is doing and will do is entirely righteous because of that scripture?
The Church is infallible because of that scripture?
Everything the Catholic Church dogmatically declares, has declared and will declare is true because Christ created the Church and said the Gates of Hell would not prevail. And those things happened before anyone wrote about them, and before such scriptures were declared canocical
Are people who aren't apostles heretics and unable to do miracles and preach the gospel?
People who go against the dogmatically declared statements of the Church are heretics. That is precisely what DEFINES heresy: what goes against the magysterium
Now, with miracles I do not concern myself, and what they preach is what they preach, which may be correct or wrong
A heretic is someone who goes outside church dogma?
Are they a believer?
A believer in what?
In the Gospel and in Christ
In what things?
Because one can believe in some things that are right, and then in many that are wrong
And the things that are wrong canhave terrible implications
Are people who work miracles and preach the gospel in Christ's name be heretics?
I can repeat every single verse in the Bible and then say that Christ was a travestite
In that case, am I preaching the gospel?
Because surely a house divided will fall and the church cannot fall but people who do miracles in the name of Christ are for Christ.
Or not
No, again please don't be facetious
I just point out how little "preaching the gospel" can mean
"Do not stop him," Jesus said. "For no one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us."
Who is us
Christ also said this
So you can't do a miracle and then call Christ a transvestite because of the scripture you quote.
I do not concern myself with that, as I already said. I do not understand why you want to talk so much about miracles. Maybe you want to brag about how your favorite heretic has some alleged miracle and thus can't be wrong
No.
I'm trying to understand a Catholic's understanding and interpretation of the faith