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I have to disagree, K. To us protestants, Jesus defined what constituted scripture. The church simply collected the writings of the apostolic eyewitnessed and verified their authenticity.

Prior to that Jesus clearly placed His mark of approval on the message those apostles would bring. (For example: “I pray not for them alone, but also for ALL who will believe in me through their word.”)

In any case, the church had those authoritative writings, and when the church agreed to their authenticity, the church was bound to be in subjection to them.

Would it be great to learn of a church that has been faithful to the Bible AND has a lineage to prove their connection to the apostles. Sure. That would be nice.

But, check out the highlighted section of the article that leads this thread. It demonstrates tremendous historical problems with any claims to human lineage.

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I have to disagree, K. To us protestants, Jesus defined what constituted scripture. The church simply collected the writings of the apostolic eyewitnessed and verified their authenticity.

Gal 3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.

Was the scripture in this verse, written?