Believers can take their disputes to the local assembly at which they worship and they have Scripture as the authority to guide them in settling disputes.
The Bible as it stands is Scripture, which includes all of the OT as recognized by Jesus and His disciples, and at least the writings of Paul, as recognized and stated by Peter.
The matter of the canon has been addressed many times in the past. If you wish to rehash it again, fine, but the 66 books of the Bible are it.
But isn’t an extra-biblical authority required to determine the Canon of Scripture? And wouldn’t this authority have to be infallible, for Scripture to be inerrant?
No, because then that places them in authority over Scripture and that cannot be because then they cannot appeal to Scripture to give themselves authority. Their authority is all then self-declared and self-declared authority is meaningless.
No body of men can be infallible because it is composed of fallible men and there is no promise of infallibility given to men by Scripture to make anyone infallible when they speak.
The claims of infallibility of a certain body of Catholics is just just a delusion and deception. They aren't infallible simply because they declare themselves to be. It's a power grab, plain and simple, attempting to put their claims of authority beyond any dispute.
—— The body of Christ is the body comprised of those believers who have been born again by the Spirit of God by grace through faith. THAT is the pillar and foundation of truth.-——
But the Bible says that “the church of the living God” is the “pillar and foundation of truth.” Shouldn’t we follow Scripture?
Additionally, under your theory, how would Christians recognize this invisible group, which would also possess a non-contradictory body of teaching, necessary to resolve disputes?
—— Believers can take their disputes to the local assembly at which they worship and they have Scripture as the authority to guide them in settling disputes. -——
Which local assembly of believers in sola scriptura? Baptists? Presbyterians? Seventh Day Adventists? Oneness Pentacostals? They all claim Scripture as their guide, yet their doctrines are extremely diverse. What disputes could they settle?
———The Bible as it stands is Scripture, which includes all of the OT as recognized by Jesus and His disciples, and at least the writings of Paul, as recognized and stated by Peter.-——
That would be the Catholic Canon. Luther removed books from the Canon that had been accepted since Apostolic times.
——The matter of the canon has been addressed many times in the past. If you wish to rehash it again, fine, but the 66 books of the Bible are it.-——
Does the Bible tell you that? That would be circular reasoning. An extra-biblical authority is logically necessary to make such a determination. Protestants, like Luther, commonly claim the so-called “council of Jerusalem,” which is a strange authority for Christians to claim as infallible, and elevate above Christ’s Church, which had already been established.