[2 Thess. 2:15] These commands promoting Oral Tradition would be quite strange, if only the Bible were needed to pass on the entire Christian faith. A second problem with the "Bible Alone ...
It took a monk about a year to hand copy the entire Bible, so Bibles were scarce. The chain kept it safe from loss or theft, so all the people of the church community (parish) could better benefit ...
Printed on paper, the two volumes remain in early bindings and feature text and decoration added by hand. In the first volume, books of the Bible begin with two types of distinctive, colorful letters.