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the catholic church claims that truth lies in itself. truth is not in scripture, not in God's revelation, not from the holy spirit, but primarily from the church. they first of all claim that scripture is a creation of the church. therefore they change scripture, rewrite it, add or remove from it whenever and however they like. scripture is not the only means of God's revelation. it is written by men.
the church does this because they desire to centralize power, like any human institution. why do you think God has allowed the protestant church to splinter into a thousand different denominations? because a single denomination has power, and power desires to maintain and increase power. centralization brings wealth and unity, but in the case of the catholic church, the unity is not created nor maintained by the spirit, but by the organization itself. think about the world religions. is any so fractured as the protestant church? God allows this for a reason