***Secondly, the three earliest Greek manuscripts (Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus).... contains at least one book that Catholics, Protestants, and Coptics do not believe to be inspired scripture.***
That would be THE SHEPHERD OF HERMAS. Read it and you will see why it is rejected. It is a joke!
It is historically known that Constantine ordered the printing of fifty bibles. This was a massive undertaking as the pages were made of antelope skin, bound, handcoppied and distributed to the churches.
Some have suggested that when the three bibles mentioned here were found to contain errors they were stored away (too valuable to toss them) and that is why they survived the centuries. They simply were unused much so never got the wear and tear other “RED (read) bibles” got.
Could you please explain then the errors found in the Clermont List c.300 A.D. (Acts of Paul, Revelation of Peter) and the even earlier Muratorian Fragment 180 A.D. (Revelation of Peter)?
The earliest available Codices and these two all contain books that neither Catholics, Protestants and Coptics believe to be inspired scripture.
God did not send down a note saying “Bind these books together, but not these books” and we can see the result.
No man has been able to reach the level of Absolute Being when compiling books to be bound together and we can see the result.
Yes, I believe in inspired scripture but no man or council has inspiration of compilation.