Hello, Dutchboy. Long time no see. I will agree with you to the point where the various interpretations of Scripture vary from the Fathers. They are the ones who wrote, massaged and chose Scripture for us to read.
What I have seen from textual studies in college, the manuscripts available today don't vary significantly. We have A & B readings for the great majority of the NT reaching back to the early second century. That the "Fathers" massaged them doesn't really concern me since we are after what the writers themselves intended. The Fathers were all over the map on all kinds of things.
As far as "choosing" what was in the so-called "Canon", read the rest of the 75 or so competitors and notice that there is no comparison. Scripture is as bright as day, the others being abberant and odd (eg. Jesus killing some boys who hurt his bird?). You and I would have spotted the real McCoys right along with those everyday believers who exchanged these letters for decades before the "Fathers" even got their hands on them.