The Hebrew Canon which Protestants rely on was closed after the Palestinian - Greek Canon which the Catholic Church used for over 11 centuries before Luther started throwing things out. On what authority do you accept the Canon of the New Testament?
Not so. Your statement is premised on the very matters I noted prior and is without any historical merit. The Hebrew canon used today by protestants and Christians is the same canon that was in use at the time of Christ. The Greek work to which you refer is a version of the LXX which Jewish authority denies was ever canon and which Catholicism cannot sustain as ever having had the mark of canonicity from the Jews. This is what I was referencing prior. But then if you checked history rather than Catholic talking points, you might know that.
Oh, and btw, I accept the authority of the NT based on it's consistency with Old testament scripture and Spiritual continuity among other things. The Apostles did a Good job in giving us something trustworthy to rely upon.
Now, I know where you're intending to go because I've been there many times. So, I'll head you off at the pass as I do with others. You now wish to say that Rome got the NT canon somewhat right, so their version of the OT canon must be right
reflexively. That is fallacy and aptly demonstratable as it calls their judegement into question.. judgement which can be shown to be anything but trustworthy. And I would offer Pseudo Ignatius and Psuedo Clement, among others, as example. Of the more than 15 volumes attributed to Ignatius and accepted at some time by Rome, at least half are known in modern times to be frauds. If Catholicism can't be trusted to get them right, how can they be trusted to get the other right? As with carbon dating, if you can't trust it when it's wrong on a known - how can you ever hope to trust it when it deals with anything else?
Pretty simple isn't it. The early church knew what canon was well before Rome stepped in to decide canon. If it weren't for that, I don't think Rome would have had the first clue what to involve.