Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." Luke 24:44 NASB
The apocrypha were not included in these.
Notice that nowhere in this passage is Jesus saying that he is defining which books go into the OT canon. In context, it was part of an argument with the Pharisees about them persecuting him as their ancestors persecuted the prophets.
And my original question remains unanswered: Who has the authority to determine the canon?
By appealing to these, and only these, He was defining the accepted canon being used by the Jews.
And my original question remains unanswered: Who has the authority to determine the canon?
God moved the early ekklesia to recognize the authoritative books we have in the Bible today.
When will the ‘authority’ be defined in this thread as the building of the One True Church upon Peter?