The belief that everything Christians believe must be explicitly written in the Bible is not only incorrect, but is inconsistent with almost 2,000 years of Church history.
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St John concludes his Gospel by explicitly stating that the Bible does not provide a complete account of Jesus Christ's ministry, miracles, and teachings.
On a few occasions, Jesus Christ even takes his Apostles aside to the explain His teachings to them in greater detail. x.com
On a few occasions, Jesus Christ even takes his Apostles aside to the explain His teachings to them in greater detail. x.com
In fact, the belief that everything Christians believe must be written in the Bible isn't even written in the Bible.
The Church has always believed in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. x.com
The Church has always believed in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition. x.com
So when you wonder, "Why do Catholics believe in the Papacy or the intercession of saints?", remember the words of St Paul in his Letter to the Thessalonians:
"Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or our epistle." x.com
"Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or our epistle." x.com
Men such as St Clement of Rome, St Ignatius of Antioch, St Polycarp of Smyrna, St John of Damascus, St John Chrysostom, and St Augustine of Hippo are known as the Early Church Fathers. x.com
The Early Church Fathers were the contemporaries of and successors to the Apostles.
Their commentaries on Sacred Scripture are invaluable because they wrote down the explanations and traditions they received from the Apostles in extensive detail. x.com
Their commentaries on Sacred Scripture are invaluable because they wrote down the explanations and traditions they received from the Apostles in extensive detail. x.com
In order to understand what the Church believed and practiced from the first to twenty-first century, we must read the Old and New Testaments and the writings of the Early Church Fathers.
Disclaimer: Every Christians who reads the Early Church Fathers becomes Catholic. x.com
Disclaimer: Every Christians who reads the Early Church Fathers becomes Catholic. x.com
Finally, the Bible was canonised in the Council of Rome (382) by Pope Damasus I.
Yes, the Bible is Catholic.
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Yes, the Bible is Catholic.
You're welcome. x.com
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