your COMMENT: “I don’t recall that it was the early church fathers who were crucified on the cross for the forgiveness of sin. When they are, they can make the rules. Until then, I prefer Scripture to the early writings of the church.
You are right, it was Jesus that died on the cross for our sins (original sin so that we could be with God in Heaven). And Jesus taught His early followers by oral preaching and he entrusted His Apostles and successors to:
“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold I am with you always, until the end of the age.” Matthew 28:19
Jesus did not command them to go write a book, but in the oral tradition of the time, instructed them to Baptize and Teach what they were taught. It was many years later the the New Testament was written and many more years before the Bible became commonly available in written form.
So you can thank the early church fathers that you have the written Bible and that passed on the teachings of Jesus in oral practice of preaching and writings. You seem to imply that the Bible is the only source of Truth from God. Can you provide the authority that all of God’s Truth is contained in the Bible? Can you provide the authority on whom can interpret the Bible?