[Invincibly Ignorant]

You argue that the notion of hierarchy in the Church is wrong. I am simply saying that this is immaterial. Whether early church government was congregational or hierarchial, we--humanly speaking-- owe to those Christians the Holy Scriptures.

Great. I have no problem with this. Ultimately God found a way to keep them preserved.

[RobbyS]

Ultimately God found a way to keep them preserved. They weren't preserved by being buried in the ground waiting for Luther to dig them up. They were put in the care of the priests--or elders, if you prefer-and recited at every public service.