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To: Vegasrugrat
The critical question is whether they are part of the biblical canon and should be regarded as divinely inspired. The Jewish believers prior to Christ did not consider them canonical.

False, but essentially irrelevant. For the sake of argument, let's assume that you are correct.

Did Luther act infallibly in determining his canon of Scripture? Yes or no?

If not, then Luther's doctrine of "the Bible alone" becomes incoherent, since it would be impossible to know with certainty what does and doesn't constitute sacred Scripture.

If yes, then you have made Luther a pope.

210 posted on 01/23/2011 2:20:12 PM PST by St_Thomas_Aquinas
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas
Did Luther act infallibly in determining his canon of Scripture? Yes or no?

You must have missed this in my previous post:

Luther included them in his German translation of the Bible. Editions of the King James Bible also included them.

You must have also missed this:

Not all Catholics accepted them as part of the Bible until the church hierarchy declared them to be so and attached a curse on everyone who did not accept their ruling. God Bless

224 posted on 01/23/2011 3:09:47 PM PST by Vegasrugrat
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