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So don't get trapped in the Protestant philosophy that actually says that if it isn't in the Bible, then it can't possibly be true.

That's not "the Protestant philosphy", it's an obviously false straw man argument.

There are many facts and writings in the world that are obviously true but they are not in the Bible, 2+2=4, for example, or the statement "peaches are fruits".

One of the central issues of the Reformation was not simply "what's" true and what's not, but what is divinely inspired and what is not.

Writings that are God-breathed, i.e., divinely inspired, can be relied upon 100% to be truthful, for they are the very Word of God. The sum total of such divinely inspired writings - the very Word of God - is the Bible.

All other writings, while they may be true or false, are simply the writings of men. They are not God-breathed, i.e., divinely inspired, therefore they can not be ASSUMED to be 100% truthful.

There have been many wonderful theologians and scholars in history that had writings that explain or discuss the teachings of Scripture very well, and they contain many truths. Such writings, however, no matter how wonderful, are not the Word of God and must not be viewed as being God-breathed.