[Iowegian]

And you ignore the history of the Reformation and with what happened to particular persons, most of whom were ,like Luther, priests in rebellion against higher church authority.

The Scriptures were (and still are) in rebellion against those "authorities".

[RobbyS]

The last time I looked, the Scriptures were just marks on paper. For them to have meaning some human eye must read them and sound them out.