Taking into consideration both perspectives; one being the Catholic protective approach to the scriptures having their contents be passed down into the church, and having the right to maintain apostolic ownership of the scriptures. I can simultaneously understand the protestant viewpoint that the apostolic teachings are rooted in the scriptures themselves and should be free for Christians to access.

However the codex is a great example of why reserving such critical text to such an extreme has risks that need balancing out.

The Codexes “discovery” is arguably miraculous, especially when considering the various points in which this text was almost lost. Contanstin von Tischendorfs work traveling to sinai to obtain Codex Sinaiticus was arguably motivated by faith. Within his efforts translating and understanding the oldest scriptures he brought invaluable knowledge to thousands he shedded a light on the text almost being lost due to such restricted ownership, the monks themselves did not realise the imperative value of the pages.

Knowledge of what the apostles taught should not be restricted, there should be a middle ground of knowledge via the church equally as important as the individual scriptures being for all who wish to learn of its contents. While I can see that having the scriptures now so separate from any one root source has its risks. Such as, understanding the historical legacy of the scriptures is important and less well taught in protestant churches.

From the perspective of the monks in sinai by keeping themselves as the keepers of the codex they continued the ancient tradition of the catholic church being the authority on scripture. To them they are the original church founded by Jesus Christ and his apostles, so by having the scriptures open to all there is a risk of Christs original teachings being altered, thereby damaging the authority given by the apostles themselves.

However while understanding this perspective I can likewise agree with the argument that apostolic teaching is found within the scriptures themselves, christian faith is far more than one churches authoritative commandments, and faith is grown as much in oneself as well as in a church community.

There is a middle ground I argue. Although a church, (or in the Codexs example a monastery) has a right to wish to keep a physical copy of a text as preservation of their history ,its content should be available to all who wish to study it. There can be a duality in apostolic knowledge being both from the church as well as the scriptures themselves, nevertheless no one body can be the divine holder of the handing out apostolic knowledge within the scriptures.