[Forest Keeper]

Apply that same logic to the New Testament Deuterocannonicals like 2 Peter, 2 John and Revelation and then ask yourself "why did Luther remove the OT Deuterocannonicals and not the NT Deuterocannonicals?" Are you still willing to deny it had nothing to do with the theology of Martin Luther?

Apparently, Luther DID try to remove what you call the NT Deuterocannonicals, and he was wrong. Thankfully, his own followers wouldn't let him (admittedly according to Wiki). This is another example of the Spirit working through the laity rather than the hierarchs (Luther being a de facto hierarch). So, on this point Luther (one man) was wrong and was overruled by the laity. That's how I think God works.

[annalex]

he was wrong

Indeed. What makes you think he was right removing the Deuterocanonicals then?

[jo kus]

Apparently, Luther DID try to remove what you call the NT Deuterocannonicals, and he was wrong. Thankfully, his own followers wouldn't let him (admittedly according to Wiki). This is another example of the Spirit working through the laity rather than the hierarchs (Luther being a de facto hierarch). So, on this point Luther (one man) was wrong and was overruled by the laity. That's how I think God works.

I would say that Melanchthon was just as much the "heirarchy" as Luther, and it was he who enabled you to retain more of the Scriptures than you would have had otherwise had "pope" Luther got his way.

Regards