Year
A.D. |
Event
|
|
43
|
First Book of New Testament was written |
|
100
|
Last book was written.
St. John maintained (20-30; 21-25) that Jesus did and taught very many
other things not recorded in the Bible.
St. Paul urged Christians to follow these
unwritten teachings (2 Thess. 2-15 and 2 Tim. 2-2), which were
transmitted by historical records.
|
| 397 |
Because of bitter persecutions, etc. the New Testament was not placed
under one cover until 397 A.D. – by the Catholic Council of Constantinople;
if the Church was infallible then, why not also now? |
|
1140
|
Between 397 and 1140 A.D. (when printing was invented) individual Bibles
written by hand were extremely scarce and costly; how then would an unwritten
and unavailable New Testament fit into today’s “Bible-only” theory? |
| 1940 |
The Bible remains one precious source of religious truth, which however,
requires an authorized interpreter, as today’s 400 to 500 sects conclusively
prove. |
| 1955 |
If all or most non-Catholics everywhere gave the same interpretation
of the Bible, their system might deserve consideration – but not now, when
they “are tossed about by every wind of doctrine.” |
