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I’ll be more than happy to answer your questions, though I can comfortably assert you will not agree with my citations, just as soon as you answer mine.

What Jesus and scripture say about scripture.

Matt 4:Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. And the tempter came and said to Him,

"If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."

But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God'" [Deuteronomy 8:3]. For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass away from the Law until all is accomplished. (Matthew 5:18)

On another occasion, Jesus said, "But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail" (Luke 16:17).

Mark 7:6And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

"'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.' (Hmmm, history does repeat itself.)

8You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men." 9And he said to them, "You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! .......13thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do."

"But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living; you are greatly mistaken." (Mark 12:26-27).

"Jesus said to them, 'Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures, or the power of God?'" (Mark 12:24)

"O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken. Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into His glory?" And beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.(Luke 24:25-27)

One gets the Idea that Jesus thought the scriptures were rather important :)

On many other occasions, Jesus cited Scripture as a "proof text" while debating His adversaries. During the wilderness temptation, Jesus quoted Old Testament texts in opposition to Satan (Matt. 4:4, 7, 10). Elsewhere, Jesus responded to His detractors by asking them, "Have you not read. . . ?"7 "It is written. ...", or a similar comment, also served to refute an opposing view.8 In Matthew 22:29, Jesus remarked that an ignorance of Scripture caused the Sadducees to a make a theological error. It seems clear from these uses of Scripture that Jesus considered its contents to be the definitive authority in solving theological issues.

Psalm 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words,like silver refined in a furnace on the ground,purified seven times.

Psalm 119:11I have stored up your word in my heart,that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Psalm 119:130 The unfolding of your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple.

Psalm 119:160 The sum of your word is truth, and every one of your righteous rules endures forever.

2 Tim 3:15 From childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

Furthermore, your refusal to acknowledge any other “God Breathed revelation” is exactly why there are as many Protestant denominations as opinions, in stark contravention to the New Testament’s absolute admonition to unity among the believers.

You gotta love the typical Roman Epologist lip service for scripture.

"It causes confusion!
"You can't understand it!"
"It's not the only infallible source!"
"You need to be told what it means!"

Not sure God is thrilled with Rome degrading His word.

The unity of Rome seems to be primarily one of Ignorance, with the Vast Majority of "Catholics" thinking that "Just being a good person" is the Gospel.

Certainly, you have differing views within Rome about many things. Protestants don't feel the need to impose a tight hierarchical infrastructure with rigid rules detailing minutia, which is certainly NOT what the early did. Most prots agree on the basics of the Faith, I call them my brothers and sisters. I don't need to wear the same clothes and eat the same food to have unity with them.