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IMO-This is the Catholics greatest failure in their many arguments. The church fathers understood the scriptures were infallible that they separate them from other writings. The problem is WHY would the church fathers separate the infallible scriptures from the rest of the Catholic writings?
I suspect some of the Catholics here will argue the Church put them together and that gave them their authority (haven't read the comments but I'm sure they'll be that argument). That doesn't explain why the fathers considered the scriptures to be above all other writings.
The author is absolutely correct that with this silly argument it turns the scriptures into a "living" document which has no more meaning than anything else the Catholics published. They claim they follow the teachings of the early fathers when, in fact, they have abandoned them.
P.S.-It is a bit laughable for Catholics to make this claim when they've rescinded doctrine or "clarified" teachings throughout the ages.