Well someone had to decide which books would be in the Bible. Thay couldn't very well just throw in whatever early church documents happened to be in existence. (I'm not in any way saying that's what any denominations have done.) The books we have now are merely the ones they chose. Any believer can read the other books of his own accord and interpret them as the Holy Spirit leads, just as with the current Protestant Canon. So basically you believe the Scriptures are a product of the Church?Ayn Rand wrote:I never got the doctrine of Sola Scriptura since it is also a tradition about the Scriptures that only came around about 500 years ago. And the canon of Scripture was decided upon by Tradition, the Council of Hippo, but then the Reformers decided which books would be in the Protestant Bible so how can the doctrine of Sola Scriptura hold when the very doctrine itself goes against Sola Scruptura and the men who came up with it decided among themselves which books would be included in the Scriptura of Sola Scriptura?
Also, do you believe Protestants are still a part of the Church or were the "kicked out" when they put the Scriptures above the Church and Tradition?