As one can easily verify, it was the Catholic Church which assembled the canon. All Scriptural discussion start there. It was only Luther and later who altered the canon.
Speaking of Luther, these are some of his statements regarding the Bible, as well the Catholic Church itself. Please enjoy and contemplate them!
“We concede — as we must — that so much of what they [the Catholic Church] say is true: that the papacy has God’s word and the office of the apostles, and that we have received Holy Scriptures, Baptism, the Sacrament, and the pulpit from them. What would we know of these if it were not for them?” Sermon on the gospel of St. John, chaps. 14 - 16 (1537), in vol. 24 of LUTHER’S WORKS, St. Louis, Mo., Concordia, 1961, 304
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“Accordingly, we concede to the papacy that they sit in the true Church, possessing the office instituted by Christ and inherited from the apostles, to teach, baptize, administer the sacrament, absolve, ordain, etc., just as the Jews sat in their synagogues or assemblies and were the regularly established priesthood and authority of the Church. We admit all this and do not attack the office, although they are not willing to admit as much for us; yea, we confess that we have received these things from them, even as Christ by birth descended from the Jews and the apostles obtained the Scriptures from them.” Sermon for the Sunday after Christ’s Ascension; John 15:26-16:4 (2nd sermon), page 265, paragraph 28, 1522.
What did Luther take out?
>>Speaking of Luther, these are some of his statements regarding the Bible, as well the Catholic Church itself. Please enjoy and contemplate them!<<
Why should I contemplate what Luther said? I don't follow Luther. Catholics are obsessed with Luther for some reason and somehow think because they follow man all people follow some man. It makes no sense to me.
Let me know if I have to put it in all caps and bolded if it will help you understand but I don't follow Luther nor do I care what he said.