At that point in my post I was just listing the different views Christians are known to take when it comes to discerning God's revelation to us. Personally, I trust the Bible.
And who wrote the Bible? I mean you trust the person(s) who wrote the Bible. Who are/is they/he(she)?
You agree with me that some Christians trust the Community. I would hope that they couple that trust with the assumption that God has spoken through the Community, although that trust doesn't prove that He has.
So it is an empty trust...So what does prove He has? What is the criteria?
Now you're back to a personal theory, not history or scripture. So while I recognize it I cannot agree with it.
It simply we have too many references in the Bible to think otherwise. Unless one distorts the sentences of Jesus Christ, like the 3 times Jesus Christ demands to Peter to shepherd His sheep.
An History is overwhelming. It was impossible to maintain 2000 years of Papacy on the belief of the resurrection of a crucified carpenter if this carpenter would not be somebody Else. No human Institution surpassed papacy in length of time and coherence despite thousands of troubles, sins, problems, scandals. Papacy cannot be human only.