You want me to tell you, ‘where does it say …’ so I would like you to tell me where it says the Holy Spirit’s voice would be passed down to only those in church authority after the original 11 disciples?
The Bible came as the Holy Spirit inspired the letters to be penned, preserved and collected.
It’s an authoritative Church.
**Mat 28:18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.
Mat 28:19 Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Mat 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.
Joh 20:23 Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them: and whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.
1Co 11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took bread,
1Co 11:24 And giving thanks, broke and said: Take ye and eat: This is my body, which shall be delivered for you. This do for the commemoration of me.
Luk 10:16 He that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Mat 18:18 Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed also in heaven. **
Paul taught the authoritative Church.
**Heb 13:17 Obey your prelates and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls: that they may do this with joy and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you.
Heb 13:24 Salute all your prelates and all the saints. The brethren from Italy salute you.
1Ti 5:17 Let the priests that rule well be esteemed worthy of double honour: especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. **
It’s an Apostolic Church.
Eph 2:20 Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone:
**Eph 4:11 And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists, and other some pastors and doctors:
1Co 12:28 And God indeed hath set some in the church; first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly doctors: after that miracles: then the graces of healings, helps, governments, kinds of tongues, interpretations of speeches.
1Co 12:29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all doctors?
Act 1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let their habitation become desolate, and let there be none to dwell therein. And his bishopric let another take.
Act 1:25 To take the place of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas hath by transgression fallen, that he might go to his own place.
Act 1:26 And they gave them lot, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
1Ti 4:14 Neglect not the grace that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with imposition of the hands of the priesthood.
1Ti 5:22 Impose not hands lightly upon any man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins. Keep thyself chaste.
Act 14:23 (14:22) And when they had ordained to them priests in every church and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
2Ti 2:2 And the things which thou hast heard of me by many witnesses, the same commend to faithful men who shall be fit to teach others also.
Tit 1:5 For this cause I left thee in Crete: that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting and shouldest ordain priests in every city, as I also appointed thee:**
The Bible came as I explained it came, and those that wrote them knew the interpretation.
Let’s look at another point that supports my view, how many Apostles that were eye witnesses to Christ wrote parts of the New Testament? Mark and Luke were not eye witnesses, yet they wrote 2 Gospels and it is believed Luke wrote Acts. Paul was not an eye witness to Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection, yet we believe Christ clearly appointed Him. Do we doubt He received the Holy Spirit? No, of course not.
Now where did Mark and Luke receive their knowledge? Through the Church, the Apostles appointed them too.
Just as the Holy Spirit inspired those men to write scriptures, the Holy Spirit had to inspire men through history to preserve and care for the scriptures, or else we might not have them today. And that Church that preserved and cared for the scriptures for over a thousand years was the Catholic Church. As I’ve shown you, Martin Luther admitted how Protestants came to have the scriptures. All through the Holy Spirit.
