The 40 Questions Most Frequently Asked
About The Catholic Church
By Non-Catholics
4. Bible Alone?
Why is the Bible alone not sufficient as our rule of faith or guide to the teaching of Christ?
The Bible alone is not sufficient as a guide to Christ's teaching, because:
| (a) |
It was not CHRIST'S way.
Only two of the Apostles wrote Gospels; and only five wrote Epistles. All would have done so if it
were Christ's intention to spread the Gospel by the circulation of books. On the contrary, the
Apostles were commissioned to teach and preach in His name. |
| (b) |
The Bible alone is not a SAFE guide.
There are many millions who cannot read. And there are many passages which are difficult to
understand. St. Peter admits this in speaking of the Epistles of St. Paul.
"In these epistles there are certain things difficult to understand, which the unlearned and the unstable
distort, just as they do the rest of the Scriptures also, to their own destruction." 2 Peter 3:16 |
| (c) |
The Bible alone is not COMPLETE.
"There are, however, many other things that Jesus did; but if every one of these should be written,
not even the world itself, I think, could hold the books that would have to be written. Amen." St.
John 21:25 |
| (d) |
The Bible alone is not CLEAR. Read Acts 8:26-31.
Likewise we see the hundreds of denominations [tens of thousands as of 1998] all of which claim to
get their religion from the same Bible, believe contrary doctrines. |
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