Why do we need *consensus* to determine what is or is not Scripture?
Does the consensus MAKE it Scripture?
Is it not Scripture by virtue of the fact that it’s God’ breathed, Holy Spirit inspired?
Consensus is no more than man’s stamp of approval on what God has already done and declared but does not validate Scripture, which is inherently Scripture without the validation of man.
Jesus called virtually all of the OT *Scripture* and quoted from it extensively, settling it for the OT.
Peter called Paul’s writings *Scripture* so that settles it for much of the NT.
There are a few other books widely recognized for a long time as *Scripture*, but they become Scripture because some council decided that they were. They already were.
That is an argument from the conclusion. One needs to think about what they were thinking and doing in the 4th century, when this was undecided.
Consensus is no more than man’s stamp of approval on what God has already done and declared but does not validate Scripture, which is inherently Scripture without the validation of man.
Where and how did God declare The Epistle of James, among others, to be Scripture? Martin Luther disagreed with God on this.