Anti-Catholic asks:Are you saying that church teaching determines the meaning of a verse-passage and not the Bible? In other words, its not what the original intent of the author of a book of the Scripture that guides what the Scripture means but rather church teachings.
That’s a false dichotomy. The Bible is Church teaching. The Catholic Church inherited the Old Testament and wrote the New.
Have you ever wondered why Jesus Christ did not write a word of Scripture? Because He wanted us to flock to His Church to get His understanding of the Word. Jesus Christ taught the Church His understanding of the Old Testament. This is the understanding which the Church now passes down to us (Luke 24:32).