Well, that's all very nice to say but how would you even know it without Scripture... it does seem odd that you are using Scripture to say Scripture is not our foundation. Why not just say what some currently say, throw out the Bible since we can all be led directly by the Spirit. No, I say the Bible tells what those prophets and apostles and Christ said and who they were.
Dizerner, you're not making sense. It's true that if I didn't have copies of the letters of Paul, I wouldn't have been able to quote from it. But that is not tantamount to saying that "Scripture" must be the foundation of the church. Paul clearly said that the apostles and prophets were the foundation with Christ being the chief corner stone.
I have no desire whatever to "throw out the Bible." So why should I recommend doing so? Simply because I don't accept the idea that the Bible is the foundation of the Church? The memoirs of Christ (Matt, Mark, Luke, and John) are the only records we have of what Jesus did and taught. They are historical records. That's why they are inconsistent with each other at places. If they were in perfect harmony, one would suspect that they would NOT be historical records, but rather contrived. Not only do I not "throw out the Bible," but I do not throw out Clement's letter to the Corinthians, written shortly after Paul and Peter's death (Clement was Paul's fellow labourer in the gospel). Nor do I "throw out" Justin Martyr's writings or those of Irenæus. I do, however, "throw out" the letters purported to be those of Ignatius. There's clearly something wrong with them—something major. Ignatius lived from 30 to 107 A.D. but these writings contain much that belongs to a later age. Some of the experts believe that all of them are forgeries.I am inclined to that view. Either that or they are HEAVILY interpolated. Virtually all commentators affirm that at least eight of them are spurious.