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If Sola Scriptura is everywhere in the Bible, people should be able to show examples.

1Timothy 3:15: 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church.

So the Bible says the pillar and ground of truth is the church, not that the church is supposed be a pillar for Scripture.

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Bus Christ did come to start a church, as an aid to men’s salvation. Doesn’t God know what human nature is like, doesn’t He understand how we work?
Thr roots of the organization already existed in the time of and were described in Acts.

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If Sola Scriptura is everywhere in the Bible, people should be able to show examples.

If Sola Scriptura is inadequate; as Rome claims; then WHY didn't it put EVERYTHING necessary into the BIBLE as it was being compiled?

It had 3-400 years!!

Chicory, we've discussed and corrected the Roman on I Timothy 3:15 (and other passages) view here on FR so many times that I've begun to repaste previous discussions. This is no fault of yours. You can find many if you do a google search. In the meantime, I hope this helps. .....Snip..... "3:15. The clearly stated purpose of these instructions is to inform the Ephesian congregation how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household. "Again Paul used the analogy of the “household” (oikos) to refer to the church (ekklēsia; cf. v. 5). This merges into an architectural image involving the church as pillar and foundation of the truth. "The idea of the church as a “building” dedicated to the living God is a common one for Paul (cf. 1 Cor. 3:16–17; 2 Cor. 6:16; Eph. 2:20–22). "Some people teach that the church as the “foundation of the truth” is the source of God’s truth, that no one can know the truth unless he depends on the teaching of some organized church or church group. But Paul was simply affirming the crucial role of the universal church as the support and bulwark—not the source—of God’s truth. His words should not be stretched beyond this."

Bus Christ did come to start a church, as an aid to men’s salvation.

Church is not an aid to anyone's salvation.

Christ is perfectly capable of saving to the uttermost those who come to Him.

He doesn't need anybody's help to save someone.

Hebrews 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.