Bible Question:
I don't know if I can ask this question in this forum without upsetting people, but I will try. I keep trying to ask the Bible Answer Man on the radio, but keep getting busy signals. Anyway, having been raised Catholic and then starting to read the Bible at the ripe age of 35, it seems like many of the Catholic truths do not "jive" easily with the Bible. Can it really be that the Catholic Church's teachings are wrong? Can it be that so many Catholics (I think I heard the number 1 billion) could be believing the wrong concepts, and if so, does that call into question their salvation? I ask these questions not in an inflammatory way, not to induce any sort of anti-Catholic rhetoric, but it seems amazing to me that so many people for so many centuries could be so wrong. I am considering leaving the Cath Church for a more Bible-based church, but feel like I'm getting ready to jump off a cliff (perhaps this feeling is from 35 years of hearing how there is only one "true" Church). Striving to be Berean-like, Stephanie |
Bible Answer: Stephanie, I have never found reading the Bible to be a threat to my Catholic faith.There are a lot of poorly catechised Catholics out there who have a very rudimentary and faulty understanding of what the Catholic Church actually teaches. You might want to get the new Catechism and read it also as you are reading the Bible. At least you will be clear on what the Church actually teaches, rather than what someone says it teaches, before you make think about jumping ship. God bless you in your studies. Emmaus |