Isn’t Scripture alone enough?
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In short: Catholics agree every word of Scripture is inspired. The question is who you read it with. CCC 105
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Catholics hold that God is the author of Sacred Scripture, written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. CCC 105
The Church also teaches that Tradition and Scripture are bound closely together and flow from the same divine source. CCC 80
So the Church does not draw her certainty about all revealed truths from Scripture alone. CCC 82
Catholics love the Bible every bit as much as Protestants do. The real question is how to read it faithfully, and the Catholic answer is: inside the community that carried it from the start.
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