Then why do you use the exact list that the Catholic church formalized?
You ask that I submit to the Bible - but in the process you would have me submit to Catholicism.
“Catholics have canonized the same NT books that the rest of Christians accept as authoritative by our own standards”
Fine then. Why then do the Vulgates which predate Protestants have the exact same NT?
“Then why do you use the exact list that the Catholic church formalized?”
Simply because those are the surviving works of the NT era that are inspired by God. If the Catholics came to the same conclusion, then that’s great, they got it right that time. It does not follow that if I agree with them on one point, I am accepting their authority, or must agree with them on every other point.
“Why then do the Vulgates which predate Protestants have the exact same NT?”
Just as being in agreement on one point doesn’t necessitate agreement on all points, the converse is also true. Protestants don’t have to disagree with Catholics on everything. Despite what some might think, it’s not our primary purpose in life to look at everything the Catholics are doing, and then do the opposite :)