[kosta50]

OK, so to put you and Kolo together, after the Council was done, the laity accepted their discernment. I would say the same laity had accepted the vast majority of it already, before the Council met. Sure, the Spirit led the hierarchs to get all the exact books right, but what does this have to do with accepting their authority as successors of the Apostles? The Spirit leads ALL BELIEVERS, including those of the Council. While this was certainly an important event, it was by no means unique as to whom the Spirit leads

I think you have twisted Kolo's words into something he did not intend them to be. An orthodox laity, living an established faith, is different from laity being "led" by the Holy Spirit into accepting the Bible.

If so, then God really did not want Israel to accept His Son as their Savior. It is curious why Gentiles did believe (not all of course) and Jews, save for a small percentage of them, did not.

The refusal of the laity and lower clergy to accept the false re-union of Florence is a documented fact. Your claim that laity somehow had anything to do with acceptance and even makeup of the Christian canon is not.

[Forest Keeper]

FK: "OK, so to put you and Kolo together, after the Council was done, the laity accepted their discernment."

I think you have twisted Kolo's words into something he did not intend them to be. An orthodox laity, living an established faith, is different from laity being "led" by the Holy Spirit into accepting the Bible.

No, my paraphrase of Kolo stopped with the first sentence. After that I said "I would say ... :) Sorry for any confusion.

If so, then God really did not want Israel to accept His Son as their Savior.

God wanted the "Israel" that Paul describes to accept Christ. And they all did.