It is a corruption of the biblical tradition.....
.......to insist that only certain church authority figures should decide what scriptures should be canonized or not. This corruption relies on the assumption that it is not possible for people to decide through conversation with god what should and should not constitute sacred scripture, or inspired writings.
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It depends on what you are asking: It is against the tradition of what has been done in the past to decide what is divinely inspired? No, every sect of Christianity does it and that's why their are so many. Catholics have book Protestants don't. Some denominations only except certain translations and both usually reject books that are not usually in the currently canonized set. Side: False
I'm mostly in agreement with what you said here. You affirm that the biblical tradition is diverse, marked by the different decisions made concerning what scriptures should be canonical. I am saying that attempts to prevent people from personally taking part in the canonization process, are attempts to to corrupt and stagnate this great process. Had the process not been corrupted, the norm would still be for people to simply keep a scriptural record of what god says to them during prayer. Side: True
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I am saying that attempts to prevent people from personally taking part in the canonization process, are attempts to to corrupt and stagnate this great process. Ideas will always clash between what is or isn't an inspired book. A council was formed for this very reason. The conflict forces people to think through what they are supporting and believing, so in my view the struggle to form your own idea of what really is an inspired book actually helps the process by "trial by fire". If you can't accurately support why you believe, then you shouldn't believe. Had the process not been corrupted, the norm would still be for people to simply keep a scriptural record of what god says to them during prayer. Please clarify what you mean by this. Side: True
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