The Church has declared them the word of God, and I accept it. The Jews do not accept any Tanakh except the Torah as the word of God, by the way. All other books are the words of men.
Notice how many times the word are seen "it is written" is in the bible , what is written is just as much speaking for God as the oral prophecies that the scriptures record..
Pity that that does not extend to the really in depth sola foundations such as the rapid copying of letters, the immediate acceptance of the NT Scripture, and the transmission of those letters to all the world. Sola really falls down on the Trinitarian formula, too. On the Sunday worship of Christians. The travels of St. Thomas to India and the establishment of Christianity on its west coast. Was St. Thomas scripturally established as an evangelist to the Gentiles in India?
So are you now saying the other books of the OT are not the word of God?
The Jews are spiritually blind.. they do not see Christ.. who is revealed in all those books..
The travels of St. Thomas to India and the establishment of Christianity on its west coast. Was St. Thomas scripturally established as an evangelist to the Gentiles in India?
And? Apparently God did not think it something that was necessary for us the know that to be saved..
So do you think the gospel of Thomas is scripture?