God or a diminution of the oral, prophetic-apostolic proclamation? That the prophets and apostles who were God’s chosen bearers of special revelation are known to us through the instrumentality of Scripture does not reduce but enhances the force of this revelation. The Bible is, in fact, fully as forceful and definite as the living prophets and apostles were in their time. Indeed, because of its very written nature, their message is guarded against supplementation, abridgment, alteration, and all