The Roman Catholic institution aka Mystery Babylon brags that she gave us the Bible. However, even secular history dictates the martyrdom of people like John Wycliffe and William Tyndale. The meme I found on Facebook makes me laugh thinking ant how the circular reasoning is just plain absurd. This is the logic of circular reasoning.
If we examine the logic here, this also reveals people who actually lack genuine fruit aka not saved or non-elect. The argument is crazy because it says:
- The Roman Catholic Church gave the world the Bible.
- When I ask, "According to who?"
- The Roman Catholic replies,"According to the Catholic Church."
It creates a series of contradictions. Instead of replying the standard, every argument is rendered moot by Mystery Babylon because the Pope said so from the position of Ex Cathedra. Since when did the Pope's words become 100% infallibly free from error all the time? The problem with papal infallibility is that it actually leaves much more room for abuse, than if the churches worldwide were decentralized. The Biblical model was that Paul and Peter, both apostles, operated with two different churches. Paul operated in Antioch and Peter operated in Jerusalem. Peter was for the Jews. Paul was for the Gentiles. Peter had to be rebuked in Acts 15 because he fell into doctrinal error.
A Catholic apologist or priest may say, "To be rich in history is to cease to be Protestant." However, only if you got your "history" from the Roman Catholic institution. The real history is determined not just by getting history from Rome but also from secular sources. The Dark Ages weren't the Dark Ages for nothing. The Inquisition was documented to have murdered millions of people throughout the ages, by secular sources.
For a start, Sola Scriptura is possible without the Bible being completed. After all, the apostles had the Old Testament, the Old Testament had people referring to the books Moses wrote, the Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the prophetic books. In short, every new revelation was scrutinized with what was written. The Bereans were praised by Paul for checking what he said with the Old Testament Scriptures.