The Catholic Church has never claimed that individual bishops are inerrant.
But I understand your dilemma: because you reject the idea that the Holy Spirit has ever guided the Church that compiled and finalized the New Testament, you have no logical reason to believe that the New Testament is inerrant.
That makes sense to you and me, but the pre-fab Protestant answer is that God's word is inspired and was complied in spite of the fallible old men of the Church.
The Catholic Church has never claimed that individual bishops are inerrant.
I know, I meant it as a straightforward question. I DO believe that the scribes of the scriptures were given a special grace. Since later bishops did not have it, that diminishes the powers transferred through Apostolic succession.
But I understand your dilemma: because you reject the idea that the Holy Spirit has ever guided the Church that compiled and finalized the New Testament, you have no logical reason to believe that the New Testament is inerrant.
No, there's no dilemma at all. And Kosta is right about my "pre-fab" answer in this situation, (as if only Protestants have pre-fab answers or that it is a bad thing). I actually think the Holy Spirit guided the Church 1000 times more strongly than you do! :) I don't think that God left anything to chance with the creation of the scriptures, so He didn't have to "hope" that all the scribes would follow His guidance. He took matters into His own control and produced the works despite the fallibility of the scribes.