It wasn’t intended to be an instructional tool for converts. In fact, not one book of the Bible was written for non-believers. The Old Testament books were written for Jews, the New Testament books for people who already were Christians.
The Bible is not a catechism or a full-scale theological treatise. If you look at the books of the New Testament, you won’t find one that spells out the elements of the faith the way catechisms do or even the way the ancient creeds did. Most of the epistles were written to local churches that were experiencing moral and/or doctrinal problems. Paul and most of the other New Testament writers sent letters to these local churches in order to rectify these problems. There was no attempt on the part of the writers to impart a vast body of basic doctrinal instruction to non-believers nor even to simply summarize everything for the believers who received the letters.
How do you explain the early church doctors and apostles promulgating doctrine before the bible was put together?
I am sorry, I am not real sharp, especially after 10:00 at night, I missed this. But in finding it today, I still see no specific scripture reference to why you believe this. Can you give me one/some?
Becky