[Mr Rogers]

“To deny the historical fact of the Catholic involvement in the formation of scripture is to deny reality.”

Please discuss Rome’s role in defining the canon prior to the Council of Trent.

“You can deny the Holy Spirit involvement but the Catholic compilation is a historical given.”

The Orthodox would have a better claim...

[bronx2]

Prior to Trent Catholicism was on the cutting edge in its defense of scripture. The monasteries who copied the scriptures were of primary importance in the preservation and dissemination of the bible.

Of course since literacy was limited to a very few, the dissemination of scripture is a moot point and thus protestant conjecture on this allegation is rendered meaningless and irrelevant.

You need to immerse yourself in this medieval history of the monasteries to appreciate the contribution Catholicism made in preserving scripture. Yet I suppose, "Eaten bread is quickly forgotten" thus the protestant gives no thanks where thanks is due.

The Eastern Church united to the Western Church did play a prominent role in scriptural formation. Any comments I have read from adherents of the Eastern Church would not accept revisionist protestant history which seems to be favored by many protestants on this forum.