[kosta50]

And again, sir, you are incorrectly saying that the Gospels must trump the rest of scripture. Rather, what is true is that The Gospels are the main central point of scripture and the Epistles etc., “elaborate” on that — why? because the Gospels are the Words and Deeds of Christ and they were the testing stone used in the determination of canon

Our friend Forest Keeper knows all this. His is just being a lawyer, right FK? :) Many of us (Orthodox/Catholics) have told him the same thing, and you certainly put it superbly, so there is no chance of any misunderstanding.

The Jews place the Torah (which they believe was written by God before the foundation of the world) as the central part of the Tanakh (Old Testament), with Prophets and Writings basically expounding (through inspiration of human writers) on what the Torah revealed.

The New Testament is treated exactly the same way: the Gospels are narratives of what Jesus said, the Epistles are inspired teachings of human authors based on those words.

[Forest Keeper]

The New Testament is treated exactly the same way: the Gospels are narratives of what Jesus said, the Epistles are inspired teachings of human authors based on those words.

But IIRC, the CCC view of what "inspired" means is 180 degrees away from how the Orthodox Church sees it. Isn't that right? My reading of the CCC allows zero error in the scriptures.