@buffalobill90 Said 
I don't see how this answers my point. Can you quote any passages which seem to refer specifically to the collection of canonised texts called the Holy Bible, the collection which the church considered to be divinely inspired, to the exclusion of all other texts? You're normally so good at quoting Bible passages, aquine, don't let your talent fail you now.
Do you realise that the Old Testament existed well before Christ came into the world? So that is more than half of the Holy Bible.
As for the New Testament, the following was adhered to, in order to ensure that it is all Truth.
Leviticus 19:12
" 'Do not swear falsely by my name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
This had to be followed, as many things are divinely inspired, yet much of them are false and demonic. These things were not included in the New Testament for obvious reasons.
Also, the following 92 verses talk about the Gospel, which for all believers is the vital part of the New Testament.
Matthew 24:14 TNIV ? Read this chapter
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Matthew 26:13 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."
Mark 8:35 TNIV ? Read this chapter
For whoever wants to save their life [ The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verses 36 and 37.] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
Mark 10:29 TNIV ? Read this chapter
"Truly I tell you," Jesus replied, "no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel
Mark 13:10 TNIV ? Read this chapter
And the gospel must first be preached to all nations.
Mark 14:9 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."
Mark 16:15 TNIV ? Read this chapter
He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
John 20:30 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ The Purpose of John's Gospel ] Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book.
Acts 8:25 TNIV ? Read this chapter
After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.
Acts 8:40 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he reached Caesarea.
Acts 14:7 TNIV ? Read this chapter
where they continued to preach the gospel.
Acts 14:21 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ The Return to Antioch in Syria ] They preached the gospel in that city and won a large number of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch,
Acts 15:7 TNIV ? Read this chapter
After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.
Acts 16:10 TNIV ? Read this chapter
After Paul had seen the vision, we got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.
Romans 1:1 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God?
Romans 1:2 TNIV ? Read this chapter
the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures
Romans 1:9 TNIV ? Read this chapter
God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you
Romans 1:15 TNIV ? Read this chapter
That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.
Romans 1:16 TNIV ? Read this chapter
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Romans 1:17 TNIV ? Read this chapter
For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed?a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, [ Or is from faith to faith] just as it is written: "The righteous will live by faith." [ Hab. 2:4]
Romans 2:16 TNIV ? Read this chapter
This will take place on the day when God judges everyone's secrets through Jesus Christ, as my gospel declares.
Romans 11:28 TNIV ? Read this chapter
As far as the gospel is concerned, they are enemies for your sake; but as far as election is concerned, they are loved on account of the patriarchs,
Romans 15:16 TNIV ? Read this chapter
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:19 TNIV ? Read this chapter
by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
Romans 15:20 TNIV ? Read this chapter
It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.
Romans 16:25 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,
1 Corinthians 1:17 TNIV ? Read this chapter
For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel?not with wisdom and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
1 Corinthians 4:15 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:12 TNIV ? Read this chapter
If others have this right of support from you, shouldn't we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:14 TNIV ? Read this chapter
In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:16 TNIV ? Read this chapter
For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:18 TNIV ? Read this chapter
What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not misuse my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
1 Corinthians 9:23 TNIV ? Read this chapter
I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
1 Corinthians 15:1 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ The Resurrection of Christ ] Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.
1 Corinthians 15:2 TNIV ? Read this chapter
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
2 Corinthians 2:12 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ Ministers of the New Covenant ] Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,
2 Corinthians 4:3 TNIV ? Read this chapter
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
2 Corinthians 4:4 TNIV ? Read this chapter
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 8:18 TNIV ? Read this chapter
And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel.
2 Corinthians 9:13 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, people will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.
2 Corinthians 10:14 TNIV ? Read this chapter
We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:16 TNIV ? Read this chapter
so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in someone else's territory.
2 Corinthians 11:4 TNIV ? Read this chapter
For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.
2 Corinthians 11:7 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge?
Galatians 1:6 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ No Other Gospel ] I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel?
Galatians 1:7 TNIV ? Read this chapter
which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
Galatians 1:8 TNIV ? Read this chapter
But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let that person be under God's curse!
Galatians 1:9 TNIV ? Read this chapter
As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let that person be under God's curse!
Galatians 1:11 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ Paul Called by God ] I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.
Galatians 2:2 TNIV ? Read this chapter
I went in response to a revelation and, meeting privately with those esteemed as leaders, I set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. I wanted to be sure I was not running and had not been running my race in vain.
Galatians 2:5 TNIV ? Read this chapter
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.
Galatians 2:7 TNIV ? Read this chapter
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, [ Greek uncircumcised] just as Peter had been to the Jews. [ Greek circumcised; also in verses 8 and 9]
Galatians 2:14 TNIV ? Read this chapter
When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
Galatians 3:8 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and announced the gospel in advance to Abraham: "All nations will be blessed through you." [ Gen. 12:3; 18:18; 22:18]
Galatians 4:13 TNIV ? Read this chapter
As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
Ephesians 1:13 TNIV ? Read this chapter
And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
Ephesians 3:6 TNIV ? Read this chapter
This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.
Ephesians 3:7 TNIV ? Read this chapter
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the working of his power.
Ephesians 6:15 TNIV ? Read this chapter
and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
Ephesians 6:19 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,
Philippians 1:5 TNIV ? Read this chapter
because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
Philippians 1:7 TNIV ? Read this chapter
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God's grace with me.
Philippians 1:12 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ Paul's Chains Advance the Gospel ] Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel.
Philippians 1:14 TNIV ? Read this chapter
And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.
Philippians 1:16 TNIV ? Read this chapter
The latter do so out of love, knowing that I am put here for the defense of the gospel.
Philippians 1:27 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ Life Worthy of the Gospel ] Whatever happens, as citizens of heaven live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm in the one Spirit, [ Or in one spirit] striving together with one accord for the faith of the gospel
Philippians 2:22 TNIV ? Read this chapter
But you know that Timothy has proved himself, because as a son with his father he has served with me in the work of the gospel.
Philippians 4:3 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Yes, and I ask you, my true companion, help these women since they have contended at my side in the cause of the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are in the book of life.
Philippians 4:15 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Moreover, as you Philippians know, in the early days of your acquaintance with the gospel, when I set out from Macedonia, not one church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving, except you only;
Colossians 1:5 TNIV ? Read this chapter
the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true word of the gospel
Colossians 1:6 TNIV ? Read this chapter
that has come to you. In the same way, the gospel is bearing fruit and growing throughout the whole world? just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood God's grace.
Colossians 1:23 TNIV ? Read this chapter
if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant.
1 Thessalonians 1:5 TNIV ? Read this chapter
because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
1 Thessalonians 2:2 TNIV ? Read this chapter
We had previously suffered and been treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, but with the help of our God we dared to tell you his gospel in the face of strong opposition.
1 Thessalonians 2:4 TNIV ? Read this chapter
On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 2:8 TNIV ? Read this chapter
so we cared for you. Because we loved you so much, we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God but our lives as well.
1 Thessalonians 2:9 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Surely you remember, brothers and sisters, our toil and hardship; we worked night and day in order not to be a burden to anyone while we preached the gospel of God to you.
1 Thessalonians 3:2 TNIV ? Read this chapter
We sent Timothy, who is our brother and co-worker in God's service in spreading the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
2 Thessalonians 1:8 TNIV ? Read this chapter
He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
2 Thessalonians 2:14 TNIV ? Read this chapter
He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Timothy 1:11 TNIV ? Read this chapter
that conforms to the gospel concerning the glory of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me.
2 Timothy 1:6 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ Appeal for Loyalty to Paul and the Gospel ] For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
2 Timothy 1:8 TNIV ? Read this chapter
So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God,
2 Timothy 1:10 TNIV ? Read this chapter
but it has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.
2 Timothy 1:11 TNIV ? Read this chapter
And of this gospel I was appointed a herald and an apostle and a teacher.
2 Timothy 2:8 TNIV ? Read this chapter
Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,
Titus 2:1 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ Doing Good for the Sake of the Gospel ] You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine.
Philemon 1:13 TNIV ? Read this chapter
I would have liked to keep him with me so that he could take your place in helping me while I am in chains for the gospel.
1 Peter 1:12 TNIV ? Read this chapter
It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.
1 Peter 4:6 TNIV ? Read this chapter
For this is the reason the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged according to human standards in regard to the body, but live according to God in regard to the spirit.
1 Peter 4:17 TNIV ? Read this chapter
For it is time for judgment to begin with God's household; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?
Revelation 14:6 TNIV ? Read this chapter
[ The Three Angels ] Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth?to every nation, tribe, language and people.
God bless you.
Dec 15, 2009 @ 04:26:52
