Light wrote:I already know about the history of the NT Canon, it's a simple question and the reason I direct it toward protestants is because you seem to downplay the importance of tradition, yet the NT Canon has its root in tradition.
It is precisely because of tradtion that the early church fathers came to regard certain books as authentic, so again I put it to you.
Was not the NT Canon based on tradition?
No, the NT Canon is based on content, authorship, and date. As to downplaying the importance of traditions that depends on what the tradition teaches.