[Petronski]

"the Bible is the inspired word of God, but we don't really know what is inspired...except that we do know what was inspired...but what we mean is the Church knows what was inspired...except the Church didn't know what was inspired until we confirmed what was inspired at Trent then everyone knew what was inspired although what we were quoting from as inspired was inspired until the Church officially said that stuff wasn't inspired..."

Your paraphrase indicates you did not understand the article at all, or that you wish to obfuscate it for others.

[HarleyD]

Your paraphrase indicates you did not understand the article at all, or that you wish to obfuscate it for others.

I have heard this argument many times from many sources. The early church fathers never had a problem understanding what the core sets of inspirational scriptures were.

Since you feel that I'm "obfuscating" the issue, can you explain to me and our readers precisely the difference between the inspired scriptures and the writings of the fathers? Specifically it would be beneficial to know how the inspired scriptures and traditional writings are used to formulate doctrine such as Mary's ascension into heaven or purgatory.