What is the Roman Catholic View of Authority? | Rapp Report Daily 0086 | Striving for Eternity

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The Roman Catholic View of Authority

This week we're going to take a look at Roman Catholicism. And what we first want to look at is what is their view of their authority. Now they have three separate things that they would see as being equal in authority.

First would be Scripture. Now we would want to say that there should be nothing more important or higher in authority than Scripture. But that's not so for the Roman Catholic Church. In fact, this is what caused the Reformation.

Because people said sola scriptura, by scripture alone, would be the argumentation. It actually started before Luther with a man named John Hus, even before him a little bit. But what we see is that they believe in tradition, Scripture, and the Church or the Magisterium.

Now the issue is that they would say that our traditions are equal in authority with Scripture. But the reality is they argue that the Church or Magisterium are the only ones that can interpret Scripture.

When you have anyone that can say they're the only ones to interpret Scripture, then by default they become a higher authority than Scripture. So the Roman Catholic Church actually sets itself up as being higher in authority than either Scripture or Tradition.

And so when they say that they're equal in authority, the reality they argue that the one interprets the others. Therefore, it's a higher authority. If you want to get more information, get my book What Do They Believe at whatdotheybelievebook .com and get more information on Roman Catholicism and what they believe.

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