There is nothing explicit that says the Church had the authority to change the scripture, Mark, by adding the names.
Else, the aforementioned rulings of the Church would have been long rejected by these same [Protestant] folks
That is clearly so. But since their whole existence is justified by the rejection of the Church, they would vote themselves out of existence if they were to admit that, on the basic level, they recognize the ecclesial authority of the Catholic Church.
Yet the Church did. At some point, in a locked room somewhere, a decision was made, presumably in the same fashion and with the same authority and by the same process that the canon of Scripture was selected in the first place. As you have noted, Scripture has been changed. The selected Scripture has been harmonized to the extent that it has.
But since their whole existence is justified by the rejection of the Church, they would vote themselves out of existence if they were to admit that, on the basic level, they recognize the ecclesial authority of the Catholic Church.
They are already voting themselves out of existence. The Episcopagans are finished. The remainder of their people are trying to figure out if they will turn Orthodox, Latin, LCMS, or simply go agnostic and give up. ELCA is in a race with the Methodists to see who comes in second place. The Presbyterians are hardly even recognizable as Christian and 90% - 95% are not Calvinist anymore either. Many of the Baptists remain Christian, but I don't think that many Pentecostals are anymore, as more and more people leave and head out to the more esoteric and some of the mainstream gets wackier to try to keep their congregation.
We saw the largest attack on the Church this Easter that I ever remember seeing. There is no coincidence. You're a military man. You understand strategy and tactics. This was a concentrated attack from many quarters. We have some very good leaders now. I see the Slavic wing becoming very ascendant. I don't know about the Greeks. And Constantinople...