Christianity Today urges caution regarding Sound of Freedom. . "could inadvertently create more demand for trafficking children "
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I hope you can read hebrew and greek then or you will always be reading what others are telling you it says.
I dont say that to say you cant read the Bible without someone else, I say it because it should be noted that inherent in reading the Bible in English is the help of others who translated it to convey the text and its meaning to you. Likewise having another give historical context, multiple meanings of a word in the original text, or insight for our lives today can enhance our understanding of the Bible not detract from it. Not an endorsement of the “good news” Bible, just a denouncement of a carte blanche “i dont need anyone to read the Bible” attitude.
Today we have Bible study tools/programs/resources that other generation of Bible teachers/students could only dream about. We can quickly look up the meaning of English words in our Hebrew & Greek concordances/dictionaries. Not to mention we have dozens of commentaries at our finger tips. Today there's NO EXCUSE for being biblical ignorant. Study to show thyself approved.....
This is the fallacy they believe, they think they're justified but ultimately sola scriptura = liberalism. It's MAN thinking they know best. You make it sound like the priesthood shoves doctrine down our throats, but everything is based on truth. Why follow the Pope? Why follow Luther or Calvin? Why follow the Council of Nicea? Why follow St. Paul? Why follow Peter? Where does it stop?
The truth is there's only one Church that Christ established on earth, and his direct successors:
Protestant heresy has been proven wrong over and over and over. It's indefensible
While I disagreed with a carte blanche “i can read for myself and need no one else“ i also disagree with your hardcore catholic stance. Sola scriptura doesnt = liberalism. Sola scriptura lends itself to individual freedom. Is it possible with that freedom you can misinterpret something it read it wrong it out of context? Yes! Just like individual freedom in society means that you may use your freedom to cause harm to yourself or others. But you are trusted with it because it is better to live free with those dangers than to live perfectly safely with tyranny. Just as it is better to have Christians plot their own personal spiritual path through the Bible if they choose not be told they’re not allowed to do that in order achieve some sense of security that “hey at least i wont ever misinterpret something”.
The Catholic Church throughout history has used its power and influence to exploit millions of believers including by telling people they shouldn’t read the bible on their own.
I reject a call to read it with no historical context, insight, or original language context and I also reject a call to ONLY listen to what your priest, pastor or church tells you it says and means.
I agree with most of what you say. I don't know where you heard that the Church tells people not to read the bible on their own, but it's a lie.
Sola scriptura has nothing to do with free will or individual freedom, it's disregarding Christ's orders. He could have easily just told the 12 to spread the word on their own, instead of pulling Simon aside, a sinner who rejected Him multiple times, and selecting him to lead the Church. Now that's faith!
A pope commissioned St. Jerome to produce the Vulgate which was the first translation from the Greek. This was so that "the people" could read it in Latin.
The first book ever printed in history was by Gutenberg, a Catholic, and was the Bible.
No priest that I know will ever tell you to only listen to them. God's greatest gift to us was free will. Honestly, I don't understand how Protestants think Catholics are unthinking sheep. Everything the Church teaches is based on truth and logic.
There are good Catholic churches no doubt. But if you dont know how people can think what they think of Catholicism in general then you dont know its history.