Some people believe that God's word transcends language. That a layperson can read a Bible in English, or another language, and pray for understanding, and they will receive the understanding they seek from reading those words of God, even through translation.
Other people think this is not possible.
Those who believe that Christ as the Son of God believes He taught ONE truth. To make sure this ONE truth survives through the end of time, He commanded this deposit of faith to Peter and his successors. Before the Bible. there was the Church and under whose authority, we call Petrine Authority, the books in the Bible were assembled ( they did not fall from the skies and self order them in the form they appear in the Bible). This authority continues to this day.
This authority did in evaporate with the Reformation or any time thereafter. Each person and their grandmother don’t get to read scripture -the Word of God- according to their lights and dream up stuff by saying “God’s word transcends language” This is an oxymoron. God’s word comes from scripture, the received oral tradition, and sacred ritual. Of course for those who do not believe that Christ is true God and true Man, then you can dream up your own “transcendant” God. Muslims do that too.
“That a layperson can read a Bible in English, or another language, and pray for understanding, and they will receive the understanding they seek from reading those words of God, even through translation.”
If it were that simple then no Protestant would ever come to a different conclusion than any other Protestant. But they do. Everyday.