The NT canon became clear within the first 100 to 200 years A.D. The fellowship of believers, the Church, put their stamp of approval on it some time later. Of course, I don’t accept the Apocropha as biblical, a stance consistent with early believers.
The OT canon was established by the time Jesus walked the earth.
I love Scripture, and am grateful to the believers who wrote it and recognized it as authoritative.
so you follow the tradition of men from the first 100 to 200 years ad?
those that know history realize it wasn’t so clear, some rejected Hebrews, James, Revelations. some accepted the epistle of clement to the corinthians and other books.
the OT canon was not established in the early first century.
some say they reject the “Apocrypha”, but the books they refer to as the Apocrypha were in the Septuigant used by the Apostles and in every Bible up until the 16th century.
again i ask you, are we left to guess on the canon or is there a way we can know for sure?