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What is so confusing? The apostles are visiting churches. They say to stick to the teachings we tell you about; either by word or by letter. The apostles visit the churches. The apostles write letters. The churches share letters. Time passes on. The apostles die. The churches still have the letters. Hello? Do you think the churches waited for the Catholic Church to announce what they could use?

And by the way, the Catholic Church did put the Bible together. God did that by working through men of faith. The Catholic Church can not claim Christian history as their own exclusively. It is the story of the Church, not the Catholic Church. The Church contains all believers, not just Catholics. The history of the Church belongs to all believes. So please do not tell me the Catholic Church invented the Bible.

Do you think the churches waited for the Catholic Church to announce what they could use?

I think that more than few here believe that when Jesus spoke the Sermon on the Mount, He turned anxiously to Peter in hopes that Peter would provide an interpretation and a Vatican Seal of Good Preaching.
It's a mystery to me why Jesus taught directly to the people but we supposedly can't understand those very same words today.

The Catholic Church can not claim Christian history as their own exclusively. It is the story of the Church, not the Catholic Church.

Oh good, then you can list the other denominations that existed besides "Catholic" when the bible canon was closed.