Can you show me that in the historical record of the Scriptures, HarleyD?
In post #12 I've posted what the a few of the church fathers stated. There are more.
The early fathers believed the scriptures to be handed down to them by God. They set them aside and accorded them a special place of honor known as the Bible. Jerome, Augustine and the rest were very meticulous to accord each book a place in the Latin Vulgate. From this Bible the scriptures were read for over hundreds if not thousands of years. Just this fact alone separates these writings from every other writing. Why, some would even say it's a miracle...except the Catholic Church apparently.
It was with the Reformation that the Catholic Bible was altered-a Bible that was used for over 1,500 years. It has only been in the last several decades the Catholic Church has found a need to attack the scripture themselves, raising their knowledge against what has been handed down. This argument against Sola Scriptura is simply another form of it. Consequently, now regrettably the Catholic Church has fallen into severe theological heresy as it desperately tries to perserve its institution. It attacks the atonement. It attacks the scriptures. It attack the very work of Christ, replacing it with a man-made institution that now relies upon the works of man to get them to heaven, telling people they can get to heaven if they just live a good life.
How very sad indeed. People would do well to pay attention to the corruption of some of these doctrines and what the early fathers were telling us.