If we all agreed on the authenticity and history of scripture without agreeing on the correct interpretations of scripture means that the Bible divides just like the Koran and other religious books.
Once you throw out the interpretations of the the early Christians united completely on Eucharist,Baptism etc... you throw Christianity into a religion of many truths that disagree with each other and are divided(the devil's trap)
Modernist scripture scholarship lacks love and humility,dear brother.
Try spending more time in prayer than thinking of yourself as being some modernist prophet of free republic
Wake up!
“Once you throw out the interpretations of the the early Christians united completely on Eucharist,Baptism etc...”
If you read the New Testament OR the church fathers, it becomes obvious that early Christians were united on very little. It is also obvious that when we look back, we can easily read into what they said things they never intended (such as Purgatory & 1 Corinthians 3, per the NAB footnotes).
This post was intended to point out that while there is large agreement on what constituted MOST NT scriptures, there isn’t unanimity even today - and even less so if one considers books written prior to the life of Christ on earth.
“Try spending more time in prayer than thinking of yourself as being some modernist prophet of free republic”
I don’t think you know much about my prayer life...and I fail to see how reviewing the development of the NT canon is in any way trying to be a “modernist prophet”.
Care to explain?
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.