Protestants ultimately stems from their beliefs about the source of God-given human authority in this world. Protestants claim that a set of sixty-six ancient books is the sole infallible authority. For them, the Church is a friendly gathering of believers, all of whom effectively have authority to interpret the Bible for themselves. Catholics, on the other hand, claim that God established his Church with divine authority passed on man to man, beginning with the original apostles and continuing today through the bishops, to teach and understand the truth, which he gave to her in the deposit of
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