Who in the Church had the authority to determine which books?

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in the New Testament canon and to make this decision binding on all Christians? If nobody has this authority, then can I remove or add books to the canon on my own authority?


Was it Martin Luther 1500' years after christ Calvin The Mormons Jw's Or fundies that has this authority
 
You can do whatever you like. In fact many churches don't use the entire bible. They use what is usefull for them.
But the bible as we know it now has been put together around 400 I believe. I'll check.

Wow, I was 1000 years off:
Nonetheless, a full dogmatic articulation of the canon was not made until the Council of Trent of 1546 for Roman Catholicism,[30] the Thirty-Nine Articles of 1563 for the Church of England, the Westminster Confession of Faith of 1647 for British Calvinism, and the Synod of Jerusalem of 1672 for the Greek Orthodox.
 
Only God has that authority. He inspired the bible. Remember, Jesus IS the Word. Many books from your bible (Catholic bible) were left out because they are not the inspired Word of God. If they were, they'd line up with the rest of the bible, which they don't.
 
The authority was self-arrogated. Even the books chosen at the Council of Nicene that comprise the New Testament give authority to no one. There is no authoritative voice to speak for Christ after he died. He appointed no one to succeed him.
 
The New Testament as we have it today was compiled by the fourth century A.D. - NOT without heavy debate, I might add. But it was on the authority of the early Church fathers, and is more-or-less accepted as Biblical canon today.

But heed what Jaicee says, too; because the Bible was composed by MEN, NO ONE had any divine authority whatsoever to speak for Christ after he died.

As for adding or removing. The same as it did for ancient Israel (Judges 17:6, 21:25 - but read the entire book if you want to see this for yourself), everyone doing "what seems right in his eyes" results in chaos. If only for that reason, adding or removing is not an option.

But the reason that we have so many different denominations ("sects", or "factions," if you will), and no real Biblical standard, is because there are so many different interpretations of what the Bible says.

Here's an idea: Let's stop "interpreting" the Bible, and just let it say what it says. If we do that, we'll find that there is only ONE possible interpretation of it, and there will be no need to add or remove anything.
 
God only has the authority over the bible not man. That is why the Catholic bible is the correct one.Our bible was inspirit by God not men.
 
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