[Diamond]

Hippo and Carthage were provincial councils. They did not have ecumenical authority. They contradict the Council of Trent on the Septuagint version of 1 Esdras, not to mention Jerome, Rufinus, Pope Gregory the Great, Cardinal Cajetan (Luther's opponent) and others, who wrote AFTER those councils. The Canon was not officially established for the Roman Church until the Council of Trent.

Cordially,

[annalex]

Hippo and Carthage were provincial councils

True, but that is not relevant. The Protestant claim is, specifically, Harley's posts 63 is, that the Trent added the Deuterocanon. Hippo and Carthage is historical evidence that the books in question were listed alongside others by at least a local authority; and of course the Reformers themselves kept them in circulation initially. Opinions varied indeed; if all Luther had were opinions, no one would have batted an eye over his inanities.