Why is the catholic church the truth?

One of the biggest points I'd say is that Martin Luther removed 7 books of the Bible that were in the Old Testament prior to Jesus' conception. It is very difficult for me to reconcile this with Protestantism, since these books support doctrines like Purgatory.

Not really, he only moved them to another section, whereas before they were in the middle with the OT. Martin Luther didn't consider those seven to be the inspired words of God, but he did consider them to be helpful for personal devotions and prayer. As for them being considered the OT by the Jews, they didn't. Yes, they are in the Septuagint, but they were not, and still aren't, part of Jewish canon. Even the Church Fathers were divided over whether or not to include them, with most being against. Finally, the inclusion of them as canon did not happen until the Council of Trent, which was after Martin Luther "removed" them.

The Catholic church was what canonized the Bible. It's why we have as many books as we do to this day in the Bible, and we know they're divinely inspired, and not just 'probably close to the truth but maybe not quite'. If you break away from the Catholic church, who's to say the books we have are divinely inspired, and that they weren't tampered with over the past few thousand years? And who's to say we aren't missing books like Enoch? We can't, unless we have an authority on Earth saying what is divinely inspired, and what is not.

I would agree that the early Church was what canonized Scripture, but their role was to "discover" what was Scripture, and in this they were guided by the Holy Spirit. I think it is notable that (almost) all Christians agree on the NT. The only real fight is over the OT, as all three major branches of Christianity agree on the NT. Also some Orthodox may disagree that it was the Catholics who came up with the NT :)

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