Do you not understand that is our central disagreement?
Do you not understand that is our central disagreement?
The point is that if scripture is correct, it must be authoritative. If it is not the sole authority, then other authorities must at minimum agree with scripture. Since scripture gives us a positive example of people testing apostles against scripture, then it would be false to say that no one but an apostle can interpret scripture or test an apostle against scripture. And if the apostle had disagreed with scripture, then the "apostle", and not scripture, would be thrown out.