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What is the rule of faith?
scripture alone?
your private judgement?
or God and what He has revealed?
You're splitting hairs over something that is synonymous and inseparable. The Word of God, is the will of God, is the Spirit of God, is the testimony of God to man. Prior to its inception in written form, yes, certain things had to take place for that are unprecedented, ie divine inspiration and revelation. This is given once so that foundational and eternal principles may be established, not to be altered or privately interpreted. And those that received it ensured of its preservation for posterity. This is the Word of God, not to be manipulated nor open to subjective interpretation. God is not frivolous and indecisive, the road to truth is narrow and precise.The Bible is the word of God and part of divine revelation but not the Bible alone,
the heavens declare the Glory of God psalm 19 that’s divine revelation but not Bible, the word of God cave to John: Lk 3:2 Divine revelation but not scripture, He did not have a book chapter and verse? Mt 16:16-17 Peter received divine revelation not by the Bible.
2 Thessalonians 2:15
Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Tradition is part of divine revelation! That which is handed down, taught. Mt 28:19
Lk 1:2-4
2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
Jn 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
2 John 1:12
Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
The rule of faith is God and His revelation!
Matthew 4:4
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 24:35
Heaven and earth shall pass away, but mywords shall not pass away.
but nowhere does it say divine revelation is limited to the “Bible alone” you even need the church to define what is and what is not the Bible! The church founded by Christ on the apostles existed before the New Testament and wrote and cannonized the New Testament!