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How would Catholics know the church was true without the Bible?
The first writings occurred 17 years after Christ's ascension. The Bible was not compiled until 382 almost 350 years after Christ's ascension. Therefore, oral tradition, the liturgy, stained glass windows, frescoes, and even plays spread the Bible across the world for 1500 years and, as historians agree that the Bible's dissemination didn't actually occur until the 1700s when the printing press and the cost of the Bible's production decreased from roughly $256k (today's pricing back then) to today's pricing of $20-$150, even after Luther's objections the teachings of the Catholic Church occurred without the Bible being in the vast majority of people's hands. And for those who say we don't appreciate the Bible, I have a question for you. Who canonized the Bible you use today? In 382 AD, the Catholic Church compiled all 73 books of the Bible. Additionally, we have all the writings of the church fathers that reiterate everything we still believe today. Sts. Polycarp, Irenaeus, Ignatius, Origen, Optatus, Jerome, Augustus, Aquinas, etc. I'm guessing you've never read a single one of them.
Protestants believe paradosis means teaching in English. They're wrong. Which also means their translations used in the Martin Luther Bibles are also wrong. As paradosis means tradition in every instance it was written. Which means that 2 Thes 2:15 actually reads - Therefore, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.
So, how would Catholics know the church was true without the Bible? We'd know from the writings of The Didache, The Epistle of Barnabas, the first and second epistles of Clement, the Epistle of Polycarp to the Philipians, The Shepard of Hermas, Irenaeus of Lyons, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Origen of Alexandria, Cyprian of Carthage, Athanasius of Alexandria, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianus, Gregory of Nyssa, John Chrysostom, and Augustine of Hippo. All of their writings could easily prove the truth of the church without the Bible. Protestants, however, can't prove their religion without the Bible, and at that 40k+ differences in protestant understanding of the Bible means not a single one can prove it holds the truth of Jesus. 1 Tim 3:15 - But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is [THE CHURCH] of the living God, [THE] pillar and foundation of truth.
(Bracketed emphasis my own.)
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