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The Reformation doctrine of sola Scriptura also set itself against this notion [of Rome] of the Bible as a _magical_ wisdom book." Whatever Luther, et al. may have hoped, the ordinary Protestant Bible-reader came to think of the Bible as an icon and itself a source of truth. The pulpit displaced the altar and one kind of clericalism replaced the other,with congregations depending on preachers to authoratively to interpret the Scriptures. The Quakers tried to get away from this, but you can see how popular they are.

Based upon your statements in this thread misrepresenting what I claim or what I say --- your *perceptions* about things don't carry much weight with me.

I noticed that you totally ignored my pointed questions in #284 that would have pinned down exactly what *you* believe about "The Bible" (the 66 books that comprise the closed canon of Scripture).

I perceive that you have a problem with being clear about what *you believe* regarding the infallibility of the whole Bible. Is that a wrong perception?