At 02:46 pm 05/10/2005 -0600, Alex wrote: > I know Tom and Richard often post on esoteric issues -- > I often see Frank quote from the Latin bible
The Vulgate to be precise. >I was wondering if you can't believe scripture, on what do you base belief? Well, in my particular case I base it on what the Catholic Church used to teach up until the 1960's Vatican Council. Since then, to quote Paul VI, "the smoke of Satan has entered into the Church" and until the smoke clears one would be well advised not to take too much notice of what anyone says since different people say different things and unless the Pope pronounces something ex-cathedra one can believe whatever one likes. Catholics have always believed in the bible as interpretted by the teaching authority of the church. After all, unlike some holy books, the bible did not come down from the sky and land on someone's head. The bible is simply a particular collection of books which the teaching authority of the Catholic Church said were divinely inspired works. So when one accepts the bible as the word of God one is implicitly accepting the teaching authority of the Catholic Church. It is therefore illogical to accept Church authority in relation to what the books of the bible are, and not accept it in relation to what the words in those books mean. <snip> >http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1811332,00.html "...after hearing of a young boy who asked his teacher why Mary and Joseph had named their baby after a swear word." That bit made me smile. 8-) Cheers, Frank Grimer
