The pope is irrelevant to biblical Christianity. Say anything you like about him within that framework.
This is a total underestimation of the enemy, to pretend he is not even there. He influences so many people, and then influences the people through them.
The council at Jerusalem was the method God used to get the apostles on the same page regarding the gentiles and the Law. The Catholics were wise to use it as a model, even if they did other things horribly wrong.
And you erroneous interpretation serves the enemy (pope).
He is trying to counter or reverse the reformation. But how can you properly defend against your enemy (the pope) when you pretend he isn't even there?
In this point, yes, you are simply wrong.. He didn't lay any burden on the church at Antioch, because he wasn't an elder of the church at Antioch. He was in Jerusalem, and the "burden" was on gentiles coming to Christ, not "the church". Further, he didn't compromise anything. He spoke as guided by the Holy Spirit.
Acts 15:28
28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay on you no greater burden than these requirements:
Yes, so the burden was laid upon the gentile believers, you are correct.
It does not say he was guided by the Holy Spirit. It says seemed go to the Holy Spirit and to them. This is how they saw it and they saw it wrong.
What is so difficult to accept that James was mostly right, but still induced error in his actions? James acted like a pharisee by laying an unnecessary burden (no eat blood or stangled meet) on man. This was a man-made rule. We know this is not from the Holy Spirit because it is in contradiction with other scripture. This is not a red-herring - this is where the error was made. So sure the error seems small, but it still is error nonetheless.
So when the catholic church wrote the 1st council of nicea they wrote good things about the trinity, and so forth but then they induced errors in other parts of the council. And when you repeat the mistakes over and over you compound the errors.
The example of the Council of Jerusalem is an example for what seminaries do as well. They say and mean many good things, but still in their writings they also induce errors. Then they build on those errors. So this is in agreement with Eccesiates 12 where God clearly says that anything written beyond what One Shepard (Jesus) you are to beware.
So you think because the council of jerusalem is in the bible it is perfect.
Do you think because James is in the bible he too is perfect?
Do you think the apostles choice of Matthias (without Jesus present and without the Holy Spirit in them) was error or not?
I will save you the suspense. I believe that was also error made by the apostles.