I'm sorry, but that simply is not true. The bigger issue is the authority by which Canon was established and the Protestant necessity to undermine that Catholic authority. It is the only rational condition under which they can exist.
“The bigger issue is the authority by which Canon was established and the Protestant necessity to undermine that Catholic authority.”
Remember - the reason the Council of Trent addressed the canon was because no previous Council had done so authoritatively. When Luther was translating the Bible, it was NORMAL for scholars (like Cajetan) to reject the Apocrypha as authoritative in matters of doctrine & teaching (and thus scripture, since ALL scripture is good for that).
It is intellectually dishonest to claim the reason for the omission of the Apocrypha is some type of “antiCatholic” hate speech.
Athanasius excluded those books in 367AD from the Canon even when he presented the list of 27 NT books commonly accepted for the NT today.
While there are numerous lists, they simply are recommended readings, but not considered part of the Canon of Scripture.
Most believers I have observed who are preoccupied with the Apocrypha, also happen to have doubts regarding the canonicity of the more accepted 27 books of the NT. IMHO, if believers have doubts, start with the first 27 books and after mastering and growing through faith in Christ in reading His Word in those books, then continue with others.