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It is my understanding that Catholics believe that Pope can interpret the scriptures, but laypeople can't. Sort of how a Supreme Court judge can interpret the law, but a layperson can't, I guess.



There's a long tradition of rabbinical interpretation, not just random believers making up what they want.


There's plenty of that too. The entirety of Mormonism is basically one guy's 200 year old self-insert fan-fiction, as one notable example.




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