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"By what authority did other Catholic scholars have for not accepting all the canon that you hold to now?
What infallible, indisputable canon did Luther differ from?
What books of your Bible did Luther not include in his translation? What binding canon did Luther set forth?
By what authority did a man in a hairy garment who are insects have in reproving those who sat in the seat of Moses?

By what authority did people have for following itinerant preachers such as the above when said authorities rejected them?"

All good questions and very answerable. However, since nobody has bothered to answer the questions I have repeatedly asked, I won't waste my time answering these until I get some answers. The way a conversation works is that one side asks a question, then the other side answers. Then the other side asks their own questions, and then the first side answers, and so forth. One sided conversations where people let themselves get led around by the nose are for chumps.

Your question has been answered already. You may not like the answer or agree with it, but it has been answered.

Ball's back in your court.

"By what authority did other Catholic scholars have for not accepting all the canon that you hold to now? What infallible, indisputable canon did Luther differ from? What books of your Bible did Luther not include in his translation? What binding canon did Luther set forth? By what authority did a man in a hairy garment who are insects have in reproving those who sat in the seat of Moses? By what authority did people have for following itinerant preachers such as the above when said authorities rejected them?"

All good questions and very answerable. However, since nobody has bothered to answer the questions I have repeatedly asked, I won't waste my time answering these until I get some answers. The way a conversation works is that one side asks a question, then the other side answers. Then the other side asks their own questions, and then the first side answers, and so forth.

Oh really? Then while appealing to authority you reprove no less an authority than the Lord Jesus Christ, who, when also asked a question as to authority, asked a question (regarding the very figure i did) rather than giving a direct answer. For as with my questions, answering them provides the answer, refuting the premise of the 1st question asked Him:

And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. (Mark 11:27-30)

Likewise the question on authority you asked and I responded to is based upon a false premise, that one needs Rome to tell us what is from God, and that it had infallible authority as the steward of Divine revelation, and that the early church made a the final determination (which went it finally came, was after an informal vote whether to dogmatically define it), as are your other questions which I will deal with separately this morning.