re: Pope Francis endorses evolution and big bang

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What's the point in gathering a council to canonize certain books of the bible and discount others if you only resort to embracing the other writings anyway at a later date?

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because the canon of the Bible holds a-lot more authority than extra-biblical writings.

The Bible is the most important text when it comes to our doctrine, but when it comes to interpretation of those text you can bring in extra-biblical texts.

Someting Aquinas, Augustine, or even the Pope said, can never contradict what is said in the scriptures. So the Pope could never change the form of baptism. Because of the command of Christ to Baptize in the name of the Father and of the son and of the Holy Spirit, the Pope can't change this it is set for life.