The books in the Bible did not fall form the skies. Based on infallible Petrine authority the books in the Bible were assembled by the early Church fathers by the first Synod of Rome around AD 384 and later these texts were again ratified in subsequent Councils of the Church. That infallibility did not suddenly evaporate ELEVEN centuries later with the Reformation that in Hilaire Belloc’s famous phrase “spawned a cluster of heresies” with each Tom, Dick, and Harry and the corner street vendor claiming to crack open the pages of the Bible and tell us “his”/””her’ version of the truth.
All this internet theology is for shallow Bible Christians. This debate was ended some 2000 years ago. It begins and ends with Petrine authority.
OK, I know how we got the bible that we have today, NO it did not just magically appear, I know all this, but “Petrine authority” had nothing to do with it. The books had already been collected into a type of book, along with some other writings before any of the counsels had met. The Jewish scriptures had already been established a thousand years earlier at least.
The manuscript evidence that we have for the bible affirms its reliablilty, for the NT alone, there are about 25,000 pieces of manuscript evidence in fragments, partial books and whole books. The OT has about 10-15,000 pieces of manuscript evidence too.
The RCC does on have a corner on the market regarding our bible, (meaning the bible you and I and all Christians use)
Again, the bible is useful for all doctrine, teaching, discipline, and righteousness that the man of God will be throughly equiped for any occasion to give a reason for the hope that lays within us (believers)
Why do you insist on implying that my theology is shallow? how is it shallow?? That I do not believe in the dogma and traditions of the RCC? It that is why? If it is, you have some real issues to deal with and they are not with me. You need to get a bible and read it for yourself.