And no, the list of what books belong in the Bible does not come from the magisterium.
The Old Testament was already established before the magisterium. How were those books selected?
We recognize scripture with the help of the Holy Spirt and yes we also rely on the traditions established in scripture.
And yes we come to different conclusions, but your conclusions do not come for the Word. No one would come to establish a pope or believe these things about Mary from the Bible alone.
Lastly, look what happened in Catholicism. The history is ugly. They wielded their “sole authority” to do horrible wrongs and to enslave people to the church and wield power over them. And what brought that down? People actually reading for themselves.
You keep calling me a Protestant and saying that’s only been around 500 years.
I’m not. I’m just a Bible believing follower of Christ.
And I do believe many Catholics are fellow believers but there are obvious errors in the teachings of the church which destroys their whole argument.
If the Bible had errors, I would have to throw out the whole thing.
