right on BereanBrain, who needs no stinkin Catholic Tradition, let’s stick to sola scriptura.
ok, where in the scriptura does it say what is “scriptura”?
in other words, where do the Scriptures say the book of Hebrews is canonical and the Gospel of Thomas or the Didache is not?
have you pesonally investigated every book ever written that claims to be Scripture ( and those that do not ) and on what basis do you KNOW what is Scripture and what is not?
after all, if we must rely only on “sola scriptura”, we had better be darn sure we have the right scriptura.
i await your answer and i am sure you will give an intelligent answer, not using any Catholic Tradition of course.
As to your question of who determines (or did) the canonicity of scripture.
(in other words your assertions we must depend on maybe the catholic church or some human agent for the bible to be transmitted to us)
My answer is that God himself will arrange the circumstances to insure we get the canon.
Tradition is NOT the bible.
I believe God had a hand in the events that led to
1) The recording
2) the preservations
and
3) The construction of what we consider the scripture.
God does not NEED man, nor any agency (espeically tradition) to achieve his means.
Also, do not forget our first revelation - that is, general revelation (Romans 1:20). Which, agrees of course with specific (special) revelation, that is, the scriptures.
Tradition is not to be trusted. It’s not a construct of God.
Mark 7:8 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to the traditions of men.”
“ok, where in the scriptura does it say what is “scriptura”?
Well Peter says Paul’s letter are scripture. Paul quotes the Gospels as scripture. There’s 80% of the NT right there.
I think you should add “one pope” to your handle as well.