The scriptures were written by the Holy Spirit, through the men selected by God for the honor. The NT scriptures existed before the Roman church. Rome wants to say that the church preceded the bible, that the authority of the scriptures come from the infallible church, therefore the church is equal to the scriptures..
Sorry that does not wash
The problem is the ASSUMPTION that the "church" of the NT is today the Roman Catholic church.. it was a catholic church small c.. but not the Roman church
Yes, and these men all were Catholic Christians.
The NT scriptures existed before the Roman church
Before the Catholic Church founded its Roman local Church? Possibly, but that is not the point. The Catohlic Church was established by Christ in the Upper Room with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles. "Rome" has little to do with it.
the ASSUMPTION that the "church" of the NT is today the Roman Catholic church
It is an assumption that can be proven and in fact has been proven. Whatever changes that happened between the time the New Testament was written and the Church today are perhaps refinement and firther explanation of the Faith, but the Catohlic Church today professes the faith of the Apostles, as we can see from the Hoyl Scripture. This is in contrast to the inventions done by Luther in direct contradiction of the Scripture. Every time I ask where does the Catholic Church today contradict the scripture I get fluffy nonsense like "meat on Friday" -- something that does not pertain to the dogmas of the faith itself. That is because while there is much the Church taught the world that is not in the scripture, there is nothing that is in the scripture that the Church disagrees with. The Church is the inspired human author of the New Testament and the inspired final editor and exegete of the Old Testament.