Scripture shows that the Church

Scripture shows that the Church Consider the scenario: You are in the park, taking care of their business and enjoy a day off from work. Suddenly appears. The well-meaning Christian who wants to "save" from damnation. In an effort to shed light on your miserable soul, which whips the Bible in his hand and fires off a few choice phrases of the New Testament. He hopes to start quoting dazzled.He St. Paul in the popular 2 Tim 3:16, "All Scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebutting, correcting and training in righteousness. .. "This is soon followed by the admonition of Christ to the Sadducees in Mt 22:29," ... You are deceived, because they do not know the Scriptures or the power of God. " Finally clinch the agreement with the history of the leaed believer jew named Apollo, who, in Acts 18:28, "... vigorously refuted the Jews in public, the establishment of the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah. " It seems very pleased with their efforts. Having demonstrated that the primacy of Scripture in selected passages that it is hoped to conclude, as we have, that the Bible is all you need for salvation. I do not believe, no church, no hierarchy and are mandatory. Taking a long pull from his coffee, he looked square in the eye. With devastating goodness, thank you for the honor that the authority of the Catholic Church. Hardens immediately. Like a dog looking for a watch, his facial expression belies a complete lack of understanding. E 'a moment in silence, because it has expressive rejoinder to this strange comment.He finally collected his thoughts enough to investigate what they might say his answer. He was politely that you are a Catholic and, as such, we believe that the fullness of truth resides in the Catholic Church, not only in the Bible. The Bible says that they are part of a much larger deposit of revelation. In reality, the Catholic Church is the mother of the Bible. Shook their impunity, fire, which immediately after being called into question the very word of God, with the hope that the cow in the presentation. Smile to offer and share with you some ideas to defend its position. He agreed to listen to, they expect to have fun and half concoct some wild story. He began by explaining that the letters of the New Testament and of the accounts mentioned by Paul, Matthew and Luke (author of Acts) were written during the first century. While Christianity survived underground during the centuries of persecution, these documents, along with others are scattered throughout the Roman Empire. New Testament was not yet, there was no Bible as we know today.You mind that it was not until Christianity was legitimized by the decree of Emperor Constantine in the fourth century that the Church could begin to build a public license fee, or rule of Sacred Scripture. The task requires sorting through hundreds of letters and texts attributed to Apostles, evangelists, bishops and saints. The objective was, in essence, to distill the true inspiration of the works that are nothing more than inspiration. Pope S. Damasus I in 382 AD, first proposed a list of twenty-seven books that make up the canon. Meetings, synods of bishops, known as the women were held in cities in North Africa of Hippo (393 AD) and Carthage (397 AD). These synods prayer sought to disce the will of the Holy Spirit to decide which texts belong in the canon and what not. The Church understood the import of this task. Once the canon was decided, would be closed for ever, because of possible alterations. During the year 419 AD a second Council of Carthage was convened under the leadership of none other than a figure of St. Augustine, a bishop and one of the Fathers of the Church. This Council has confirmed the fee approved by previous synods and forwarded it to Pope Boniface to Rome. The Pope then approved and promulgated the text and the New Testament, has become a reality, almost four centuries after Christ. The New Testament, then, only because it came into existence, the Catholic Church, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, they said. Written reference to the existence of the New Testament and its legitimacy is nowhere in the Bible itself. Instead, only from the spring of singular authority of the Catholic Church. The same New Testament canon was reaffirmed a millennium later in the Council of Florence in 1442 and the Council of Trent in 1546. It seems intrigued by the history lesson in order to be closer. Gently explain that every biblical text quoted above, when the writer referred to "writing" is, therefore, had to refer to the Jewish Scriptures or what we would call the Old Testament. The New Testament, as you have just described, for centuries has become a reality. It follows, then, that his new friend, hard faith in the supremacy of the Bible places him in a difficult position. Quoting the New Testament, you use a font that is "unbiblical." This means that since there is no place in the Bible or penalties as legitimate the validity of the New Testament can not be used to support their arguments. With the New Testament claims to be a source of truth that is in fact sanction the authority of the Catholic Church.To helps your mind, going to explain that thing or person can be declared a source of authority. This authority must come from outside himself. To make the point, using the example of people that the laws in Washington. Not only is the drive on their own and begin drawing up legislation. That derive their authority through a formal process of election authorized by the Constitution. For the same reason, police officers do not roam the streets with weapons, because, like uniforms and weapons. Have the possibility of a city or town charter to carry out their duties and functions of supervision and strict limits. The same logic applies with Sacred Scripture. Christ wrote nothing down. A book like the Bible can not declare the same authority, must be declared as something outside of himself. Something that is the Catholic Church. The Catholic Church compiled, approved and promulgated the New Testament, along with the Old Testament, he created a Bible for all to use. This is the Catholic Church itself, which has suffered the Roman persecution, kept the faith through the Middle Ages, the Crusaders fought and survived more than 2000 years of uninterrupted apostolic succession. It 'the one Church of Christ, St. Paul called "... pillar and bulwark of truth. "(1 Tim 3:15) His face says it all. Leaed their response was well beyond what he was trained to manage. Not in the script. You can engage in a duel of writing for writing sentences sentence. Rather, it presents a historical perspective, that has never heard of. Within minutes, he managed to sow confusion in his comfortable world of biblical leadership. One can say that he is unable to reconcile the use of Scripture as a conversion tool for your brand of Christianity, where each quotation reaffirms the authority of the Catholic Church. He realizes and admits that their dilemma has a lot of work to do. Very curious, I wondered if it could be a regular visitor to the park. He also said he wants to visit with you again in the future. Smile and make the offer of coffee. About the Author About the Author: Gary Shirley, his wife, three children and are members of St. Catherine of Siena Parish (Kennesaw, Georgia, where Gary serves as catechist in the program of adult education. Gary is an Archdiocese of Atlanta certified catechist (both PSR and RCIA) with 14 years of teaching experience. Email him at mailto: backtothebasicspr@searchlogixgroup.com.