All denominations disagree on scriptural interpretation. So which one is correct?
This is a back-to-front stance.
THe Church is The Authority founded by Christ.
This Catholic Church discerned, selected & compiled "The Bible" 350 years later.
The Catholic Church selected, compiled & defined what became known as "The Bible" in order to regulate what books could be read from at the Holy Mass. This was around 400AD
around 350 years after they had been preaching The Gospel & spreading Christianity ....with no Bible.
The early Catholic Christians used Jewish writings we call The Old Testament. They also used many writings from early Christians as they were written. The Catholic Church wanted to regulate what books could be read in The Holy Liturgy of The Mass. And some of the new writings were suspect.
So in 367 AD St. Athanasius drew up a list of 73 books for the Bible that he believed to be divinely inspired.
This list was approved by Pope Damasus I in 382 AD,
It was formally approved by the Church Council of Rome 382 AD. This was the start of The Universal Canon. What we today call "The Bible"
Exactly the same Canon was ratified again at the Councils at Hippo (393 AD) and Carthage (397 AD)
In 405 AD, Pope Innocent I wrote to the Bishop of Toulouse confirming this same Canon.
In 419 AD, the Council of Carthage reaffirmed this list, which Pope Boniface agreed to.
THAT IS WHERE THE BIBLE CAME FROM. This is historical fact.
1200 years later Luther removed 7 books.
He did this because Maccabees encouraged prayers for the dead. To get rid of Maccabbees he got rid of the group of books called DeuteroCanonicals.
He also wanted to remove James, Jude, Hebrews & Revelations...but friends dissuaded him.
He really chopped The Bible to fit his new Protestant religion.
Christ founded His Church.....He did not write a book.
"The Church" not "The Bible"... is.... "the pillar & foundation of Truth".
That's what THE BIBLE SAYS! (1 Tim
3:15)
And nowhere does The Bible mention "The Bible" .....because "The Bible" is a Selected COMPENDIUM made by The Catholic Church after preaching the Gospel without The Bible for 350 years.
If you listened to Jesus, you would listen to his Church. (Luke
10:16) "He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me.” "(Matt
28:18-)
"Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”…
Apparently Jesus did it wrong. He shouldn't have had Apostles who appointed Bishops, Deacons & Presbyters (Elders/Priests)....forming a growing body of Apostolic-teachers under authority. He shouldn't have refounded The Messianic Davidic Kingdom with Davidic Steward (Matt
16:18-19 & Isaiah
22:19-23)
Jesus should have got out his carpenter-kit & built The Printing Press so that Protestantism could have been invented 1500 years before it did arrive! Then He should have said ...."Now let's write The Book" Then He could have miraculously caused universal literacy .