This entire post creates a false strawman of the protestant argument. I'll give you Kudos for being able to knock over your strawman with much skill though.
I'm not going to go point by point here but let's just address this nice lil strawman...
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c). Is the Bible, in practice, really "all sufficient" for Protestants?
Protestants frequently claim they "just believe the Bible," but a number of questions arise when one examines their actual use of the Bible. For instance, why do Protestants write so many books on doctrine and the Christian life in general, if indeed all that is necessary is the Bible? If the Bible by itself were sufficient for one to understand it, then why dont Protestants simply hand out Bibles?
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Protestants don't claim all sufficient means we don't need teachers to expound the word. That's just a totally bogus assertion.
All sufficient means we're going to rely on the Bible and its proper exposition and interpretation. It means we don't base our beliefs on traditions and rules that aren't even found in the Bible.
When we say all sufficient we mean the foundation of our teaching is only found in Bible, not in man made traditions, teachings and rules NOT found in scripture.
So yes, the Bible is sufficient for us. All of our teaching and doctrine comes from it.