One of the major pitfalls in the Protestant religion is their idea that everyone is blessed w/ an "inner light" to interpret the bible in their own way. If everyone interpreted the bible in their own way, the idea of a "church" would never have existed.
Divisions in the church would have wreaked it as soon as the Romans decided not to allow Christianity. That's why there has to be a central authority, instituted by God *insert divine Muzak* , which would interpret the bible as God intended it.
"therefore brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions you were taught, either by oral statement or by a letter of ours"
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15
also remember that the early Christians had no Gospels or New Testament. The stories of Jesus were passed down orally until four concrete Gospels were authorized by the holy see.
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