[AnAmericanMother]

But the Bible itself (what you call Scripture) is itself man-made. Of the many religious writings current in that day, the Church selected those her collective wisdom considered authoritative and declared that to be the Bible.

Scripture-Inspiration-Tradition: you need all three or it all falls down.

[Zuriel]

**Of the many religious writings current in that day, the Church selected those her collective wisdom considered authoritative and declared that to be the Bible.**

The Church selected????

Nope. ALL scripture is from inspiration of God. HE PRESERVES IT!

And he’ll use any means necessary to do that, whether it be a pagan Egyptian king welcoming Jacob and his seed to Egypt, ravens helping to preserve his word (in Elijah), pagan kings helping to strengthen Jerusalem’s walls and rebuild it’s temple. AND,....preserving his Son in Egypt until Herod was dead.

God preserves his Word. Others may take credit for that, but they are being ignorant imho.