Why is the belief odd?
Aren’t the patriarchs all part of the community of faith from Jerusalem to the gentile world?
You seem to think that the patriarchs
themselves cannot be held into account by other elders, deacons and members of the church AND other bishops.
They can no more pick and choose a book or epistle to be inspired when they are not than the members of the council of Nicea can deny the Diety of Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit will not allow this to happen to the church of Christ.
>>They can no more pick and choose a book or epistle to be inspired when they are not than the members of the council of Nicea can deny the Diety of Jesus Christ.
I’ve noticed that you have the rather uncharitable tendency to indicate by your remarks that I have made inferences which I haven’t made. For example, I’ve said nothing whatever to suggest that members of early church councils were picking and choosing (willy nilly, as you seem to suggest) which writings were inspired and which were not.
>>The Holy Spirit will not allow this to happen to the church of Christ.
I hear this said quite often and to me it always begs the questions, (1) which “church of Christ” the speaker has in mind, and (2) if the Holy Ghost has His hand firmly on the tiller, why have so many of his purported disciples over the last 2,000 years been led astray and jumped ship?