**The books in the Bible did not fall from the skies and automatically arrange it self in a set order...............This authority did not dissipate over time. It continues to remain to this day and until the end of time.**
God used Egypt to preserve Israel during the famine.
God used ravens to preserve his messenger, Elijah.
God used pagan kings to restore the wall and temple in Jerusalem.
God used Egypt to preserve his Son from Herod.
**...based on Petrine authority.**
Neither Peter, nor any of the apostles, nor CHRIST himself, EVER referred to the Son as “God the Son”. The accurate description by them always has and always will be “Son of God”. Are you ‘Free Republic the Steelfish’, or ‘Steelfish of Free Republic’?
It has been the devil’s business to deceive from the beginning, transforming himself into an angel of light. That includes claiming to lead Christianity from as early a time as possible, and claiming to preserve the Word, even though he actually teaches contrary (’God the Son’, for example).
**Prominent Protestant scholars and theologians have after a lifetime of teaching and preaching have converted to Catholicism.**
The blind lead the blind, and both fall into the ditch.
**Cross over my friend.The water is warm and inviting and get rid of all that born-again nonsense etc.**
Satan made enticing offers to Jesus Christ (after the Son had endured 40 days in the wilderness).
OMG! Apparently the saints, martyrs, theologians, early Church Fathers etc were all deceived except of course you. This is the not unlike same nonsense the likes of David Koresh and Jim Jones did, or what Jehovah’s Witness and the Mormons believe. Each group takes its “own” interpretation of the Bible and go on a gallop.
It is interesting to note Jesus fought these offers with "It is written" rather than a "according to Church tradition."