The Bible came from the Catholic Church – Rev. R. J. Griffin

Questions on the Bible.

You said that the Bible is a collection of books. Who collected them and when and how did they become one book?

About the year 300 A.D., the Catholic Church began to collect from all parts of the known world all those books and also all copies of books which were said to have been written by the Apostles. The Church then slowly and very carefully examined them all to find out for certain which had been written by the Apostles. Those which the Church proved had been written by the Apostles, she ordered to be bound together in one big book, that book is called the New Testament. This work took many years, and the results were considered at various councils from 382 AD, the most important being the council of Carthage in 397AD, when the correct collection of the New Testament was finally settled and sent to Rome for confirmation. It was again confirmed at a second Council of Carthage in 419 presided over by Saint Augustine and sent to Pope Boniface for approval.

Does that mean that the Bible came from the Catholic Church? Yes! The Bible, as we know it, came from the Catholic Church, and all the writers of the New Testament were members of the Catholic Church.

Then the Catholic Church existed before the Bible? If you mean the New Testament only, then the answer is yes, because the Catholic Church existed over 300 years before the whole of the New Testament was accepted as a part of the complete Bible.

Has the Church more authority than the Bible? Yes! The Catholic Church has more authority than the Bible, because Christ gave His Church all authority to teach. The one safe way of finding the truth is to listen to the Church as Christ commanded. (see Matt. XVIII. 17)

Which is safer then: to follow the teachings of the Church or the teachings of the Bible? If you follow the teachings of the Bible as explained by the Catholic Church, then you are safe, because the teachings of the Church and the teachings of the Bible are the same. If ,however, you try to understand the Bible by yourself, or with the help of one of the many protestant religions, then you will not have the real teachings of the Bible, and it will not be safe to follow it.