[HarleyD]

Before Christ it was not possible t produce decisive arguments for the inspiration of the Old Testament.

I'm not sure I would agree with this statement. The Jews were exceptionally careful to copy the scriptures down exactly as it had been given. One would think that if there was some concern as to whether the Torah was inspired, the Jews would not have gone through the trouble. The issue wasn't so much whether the writings were inspired. Rather it was the interpretation of the writings (which we still have today).

[Salvation]

Catholics, however, hold to the belief that ALL scripture is divinely inspired. I think Protestants do too.

[daniel1212]

And believing its inspiration does not prevent both liberal RCs as well as lib Prots from doing things such as relegating historical accounts to fables and folk tales, as the approved commentary on the New American Bible (not NASB) does