Should I listen to the dictates of the Pope & the Catholic Church or the Bible?

Question

Which is the true authority?

Peaceisfromgod -- thank you for sharing your unfounded opinion, but what is your answer to the question?

Answer 1

The Holy Bible and one's own faith is the true authority. You must listen to your inner voice and no priest. They are there only to conduct rituals and prayers; nothing more than that.

Answer 2

The true authority is God, followed by His Son, Jesus Christ. The problem is, we can know Him only through our life's experiences, by reading the Bible, and by listing to the Pope, the Church, the ministers and priests.
If their is a conflict, the Bible has more authority than the Pope. Of course, there is so much difference between the different versions of the Bible. Modern folk claim that the Bible was not interpreted/translated correctly from its original parchments. Some say we need to include the Dead Sea Scrolls, etc.
Since we ordinary people cannot possibly hope to translate from the originals and we cannot possibly tell what changes were made (intentionally or not) we just have to go with what we feel is RIGHT (and correct).

Answer 3

If you are a Catholic then you should listen to the Holy Scriptures, Holy Tradition, the Pope, and the Catholic Church, none of which contradict each other.

If you are not a Catholic then you are giving up some of the revelation that the Holy Spirit has blessed us with over the past 2,000 years.

With love in Christ.

Answer 4

I Listen to The Bible and The Holy Spirit Helps Me Too!

I Believe The Word of GOD, Inspired by The Holy Spirit is The True Authority.

Answer 5

The Catholic Church follows the Bible and sacred oral tradition. Not everything the Church knows to be true is written in the Bible, but the Church will never do anything that goes against scripture.

It is like a 3-legged stool. All three legs must be there for the stool to be strong and reliable. All three things must be there in understanding the teachings of Christ. Sacred Scripture, sacred tradition and the magesterium.

Christ gave the Church authority. The Church uses that authority to help guide the faithful to heaven. That is her responsibility. Jesus said to Peter "feed my sheep." That is what the Church has done.

As a lone person, you cannot be sure that what you read and interpret from the Bible is correct. That is why we have tradition and authority as well. We can use these things as checks and balances to make sure we aren't running amok with our interpretations. It's easy to do...being fallible and sinful people we cannot trust our own "take" on things.

The understanding of God's will for us and our salvation, of the Bible and of the early Christians has been understood and adhered to since the beginning. The Catholic Church only passes down this information from age to age...the Church doesn't make it up. The Church has been charged with the responsibility of leading the people of God. This is not to be taken lightly and certainly shouldn't change with the tide of popular opinion.

One thing's for sure, the Church has remained steadfast in her promise to Christ and to his followers.

So, in following the Catholic Church you are following the Bible, the Apostles and most importantly Christ.

Answer 6

The Bible teaches that it is Scripture that is to be used as measuring stick to determine truth from error. In Galatians 1:8-9, Paul states that it is not WHO teaches but WHAT is being taught that is to be used to determine truth from error. While the Roman Catholic Church continues to pronounce a curse to hell “anathema” upon those who would reject the authority of the Pope, Scripture reserves that curse for those who would teach a different gospel (Galatians 1:8-9).

Answer 7

The answer to your question is very simple. If you crack a history book and/or research the net a little, you'll find the bible originated with the Catholic Church, borne out of Her Sacred Traditions.

But please don't take my word for it. Look it up.

By the way, if the Church as no authority to interpret the bible, then who does? You? Me? Some guy in China?

Whose interpretation is right? How do we know its right? By what authority do you interpret the bible?

Care to answer my questions?

God bless.

Answer 8

I take the Bible in Tradition in the Catholic Church

Answer 9

Not the Pope no. If you like RC then come to the Orthodox Church. Orthodox is the first church created by the Apostles. RC formally began in 1054ad when the Roman Orthodox Bishop left the Orthodox Church.

Answer 10

Hi,

It is like this. Do you listen to the dictates of your professor to understand nuclear physics or physical chemistry or even Shakespeare plays or are you expert enough to go to the library and figure out everything yourself and be qualified to teach others in these fields?

In other words people be they the Pope or ministers or TV evangelists for that matter are a little sharper on the theology than you or me so though you can ask and certainly question, it never hurts to give them an ear.

Mike

Answer 11

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