GRGR: Gospels & stuff

[Peter Petto]

Not to disagree, but perhaps to make my original point more clear:

David Morris wrote:

>Protestantism has its roots in vesting
>biblical text above Papal authority or church
>tradition, a value-system promoted by Martin Luther
>most notably.

...a biblical text that was selected by Papal and church authority.

>I think the purposeful setting of the Pope's
>"ex-cathedra" words as higher authority than the
>written text of the Bible is primarily for the
>consolidation of power.

But look at the Pope's encyclicals. Nearly every thought references 
scripture. That's what made me think that neither is higher.

>Don't forget how many people were put to death
>by the R.C.Church for printing and distributing Bibles
>after the advent of the printing press.

I didn't know this. How did it compare/scale to the Inquisition?