The Formal Cause of Scripture is its being the divinely inspired, canonically inscribed, doctrinal Word of God—Scriptura sacra est doctrina Dei a Spiritu Sancto inspirata et in canonicos libros redacta (Sacred Scripture is the doctrine of God inspired by the Holy Spirit and set down in canonical books).

Further Divisions:

Of that which is the Form of Scripture Absolutely:

Of the Canon of Scripture

Of that which is Falsely Called the Form of Scripture:

Of the Apocryphal Books

Of that which is the Form of Scripture Accidentally:

Of the Translations of Scripture

Overview:

Dogmatical Theology:

The 18th Century:

Johannes Fridericus Alstein Braunius (c. 1708) on the Canon, Apocryphal Books, Traditions, & the Enthusiastic Spirit

Attributes flowing therefrom:

Of the Sufficiency of Scripture

Of the Perspicuity of Scripture