And what alternative do you suggest, hmm? Letting a small group of fallible men decide what is the Word of God and what isn't instead?
Or perhaps we should place emphasis on the Apostolic teaching which is recorded in Holy Scripture and not place our trust in any human institution or human tradition?
Why should we trust what the Roman Catholic bishops say? Especially if some of the dictates of the Roman Church are blatantly against the Word of God in Scripture? I'm not going to trust any bishops who claim authority just because they say that they have authority!
Fear not, the flames will be very small. All that will be brought will be wet matches and false prophets.