I provide a link to the canon of the Church of the East -
The Holy Aramaic Scriptures: With a literal English translation and transliteration of The Eastern Peshitta New Testament Text, such as given in The Khabouris Codex.
www.thearamaicscriptures.com
Please note their table of contents, so you no longer need to be "possible". Rest assured that the Church of the East would disagree with you about the canon of scripture.
No, that is not what I am saying. I am saying that God works through people, like He always has, and He had His hand in the picking and choosing the content of what we have today as the Bible.
And upon what basis would you decide that God chose the Roman Catholic Church to "preserve" the canon and NOT the Church of the East ??
And why would God change his mind to have the books labeled "Apocrypha" removed from the King James Bible ??
They were okay by God in 1611 but not in the late 1800's ?? Or was God asleep at the switch and forgot to "hand pick" the books that were published in 1611 ??
To that end, I don't find your argument credible.
And I would note that the Catholic view of the authority of scripture is rather quite different from that of the Sons of the Reformation (meaning the Protestants). When Martin Luther rejected the ecclesiastical authority of the Pope, he needed some sort of surrogate and chose Scripture as the final authority. He wanted James and Revelation removed, but by that time it was too late.
While Martin Luther published (and translated) the Scriptures into German, his intent was to show the common folk that he (Martin Luther) was RIGHT. Instead, it blew up in his face, allowing each person who could read to become his own Pope.
Dr. Luther never thought for one moment that any person could arrive at a different conclusion than he, when reading the same text.
Finally, I do understand the reasons why the Sons of the Reformation (and you've given me no reason to exclude you) preach that we are to be led by scripture, but I find it ironic that this very scriptures disagrees -
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
(Romans 8:14 KJV)
The text certainly doesn't say, "For as many as are led by the Word of God (by which most people mean "Scripture" or Bible") they are the sons of God".
Your friendly neighborhood son of God,
Rhema