Some claim that the church gives Scripture its authority because church councils identified the biblical canon. This view confuses recognition with creation. The church did not make Scripture authoritative; it acknowledged the authority that already came from God. Scripture is “God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16). The church stands as its servant, not its source. Paul’s words in 1 Timothy 3:15 describe the church as “the pillar and ground of the truth.” This means the church upholds and displays divine truth, but does not define it. The Word of God is eternal, self-authenticating, and binding on the church.