Church's ministry to Scripture

St Francis Turretin describes the church's ministerial function in relation to Scripture:

The church is charged to be the :

• keeper and preserver of Scripture
• guide, pointing to Scripture
• defender of Scripture, vindicating the genuine canonical books
• herald, proclaiming the truths of Scripture
• interpreter, unfolding the true sense of Scripture

Tim Ward, Words of Life (IVP, 2009) p154, citing Institutes 2.16.1-26

Similarly, Article 20 of the 39 calls the church "a witness and keeper of Holy Writ" (Ward, p155).