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>> Where does scripture say that it is the only authority?<<

I Corinthians 4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another.

Even Paul commended the Bereans for not trusting even what Paul taught but that they checked with the written word to “see if these things were so”.

Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

"Even Paul commended the Bereans for not trusting even what Paul taught but that they checked with the written word to “see if these things were so”."

How do you think the Bereans were expected to do this before the Canon of Scripture was completed and even before the Letters of Paul were completely written? Can you think of a single New Testament verse in which a reference to Scripture was something other than a reference to the Old Testament?

What makes Acts part of the Bible and not the Acts of Peter or the Acts of Thomas? Also, isn't the book of James unscriptural? "You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone." James 2:24 If we follow a strict interpretation of St. Paul's words, the Church erred by creating the New Testament. The scriptures St. Paul referred to were the Hebrew scriptures, not the New Testament. 2 Thessalonians 2:14 Therefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle. 2 Thessalonians 3:6 And we charge you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother walking disorderly, and not according to the tradition which they have received of us. St. John Chrysostom comments on 2:15 "Hence it is manifest, that they did not deliver all things by Epistle, but many things also unwritten, and in like manner both the one and the other are worthy of credit. It is a tradition, seek no farther. Here he shows that there were many who were shaken." http://www.lightshinesindarkness.com/scripture_tradition.htm