There have been men and councils throughout history who have acted as if they ascended to the level of Absolute Being when deciding which inspired books to place within their respectice Canons
not sure what the above means, but the Christian Faith is a revealed Faith, no one can come to the truth unless the Holy Spirit leads them to that truth and to the one who is truth itself, the Lord Jesus Christ.
how does the Holy Spirit work to lead men to truth?
thru and by the Apostles and men who had hands laid on them by the Apostles, namely the bishops of the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church.
individual Christians may have had “canons” at various points in time, but once the Church spoke in the 4th century, individual judgement was over.
Jesus Himself gave this authority as recorded in Matthew 28, and using it to settle doctrinal disputes does not equate to them “acting as if they ascended to the level of Absolute Being”.
As to Matthew 28, that scripture is obviously interpreted in some other way with the Greek orthodox or the Ethiopic Church which has more books in their Bibles than say the Roman Catholic Canon.
Yes, the Holy Spirit leads men to truth, but no man can say they are the Holy Spirit, and thus someone or a council saying the Holy Spirit said such and such to them doesn’t prove the Holy Spirit is speaking through them.
This kind of authority ended with the Original Apostles who actually wrote scripture. The authority derived having written inspired scripture is the only authority strong enough to actually decide which canon is correct.
They didn’t declare by 100 Ad (death of the last Apostle, John) which canon is correct, and thus we all have to decide for ourselves what is the true canon as none of us is God, none of us then is an Absolute Being, and none of us (be it an individual person or a council) can decide with Absolute Precision what is Absolute Truth for others.