[Celtman]

Where do you think the Bible came from? You think it dropped from the sky?

The Bible came from Heaven by the instiration of God.

No, it was canonized by the Church.

By the time Rome got around to deciding what was Scripture, in the FOURTH century, because the Roman emperor wanted an "official" declaration, the true Church, guided by the Holy Ghost, already knew what was Scripture and what was not.  Rubber stamp "canonization" by the papist sect is irrelevant.

it's teaching authority was established by Christ Himself through the apostles and apostolic succession.

Uhhh ... no. 

[Petronski]

...the true Church, guided by the Holy Ghost, already knew what was Scripture and what was not.

Yes!

The True Church IS the Catholic Church.

[papertyger]

the true Church, guided by the Holy Ghost, already knew what was Scripture and what was not.

So why did this "true church" fragment so badly after the "reformation?"

Did the previously zealous Holy Spirit lose interest in guiding and guarding? Did he decide it was time for men to run the Church on their own? Why did he decide it was okay to let this "true church" splinter after fifteen hundred years of solidarity?

Bloody papists want to know!

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Rubber stamp "canonization" by the papist sect is irrelevant.

More importantly, because the Eastern Catholics have their own canon, we find division with the strains of Catholicism.