It is probably a sound conclusion that when one is genuinely seeking truth and understanding from scripture, and instead becomes confused by someone's commentary or interpretation, it is usually due to the subtlety of false doctrine being imposed upon you by either one who is ignorant or one who knows but yet is feeding you lies intentionally.

Anyone with any sense can see the difference in style where some provide clear and sound commentary and others use lofty and mysterious explanations. Obviously, it is up to each man to ask, seek and knock on his own so as to have communion with his Creator who will NOT forsake an earnest prayer for wisdom, knowledge and understanding. That being said, good teachers, and those who truly wish to do their righteous part in God's daily work, are critical to helping others along the righteous path.

During and after the apostolic age, when Rome realized that NOT adopting "Christianity" as their "religion" was a path to its immediate destruction, the faith of Jesus The Christ of Nazareth was utilized as a tool by those who wished to keep their "power" and "authority". The adversary is very cunning in regards to deceiving the people and he knows precisely what to do and how to do it so as not to be openly exposed.

That is why Rome became an amalgam of paganism, Christianity and secular "Romanism". The religion adopted by Rome was NOT the True Faith of Jesus The Christ of Nazareth.

That is precisely why the "Church" kept the truth from the people as soon as it could - mostly through illiteracy. The heretical gnostics attempted to have their false doctrines adopted into the "Church", but those who were more subtle in their deception knew that the gnostic heresy could not be included in the canon or the people would know that both the Roman Church and the Gnostic Church were directly opposed to the teachings of Jesus The Christ. The first Council of Nicaea could have been titled, "Clash of the Heretics".