Any point in studying/reading apocryphic texts?

Any reference to what he said about Jews could also be considered a strawman since that doesn't appear to be a core part of any Protestant doctrine and this is in light of any historical edicts Catholics may have issued against the Jews.

Funnily, I think the only thing that matches the value of my bible copies (which are nicely bound) is I hunted down a copy of RH Charles Pseudepigrapha (not even in print.. and it's a 2 volume set.. both huge books.. whole thing cost me like $300 hah). I also have MR James' NT Apocrypha as well. Not that I believe in much of it, but I wanted to be in the same place as the church fathers, who sifted through all of these texts themselves. I insisted on Charles' version because he did it in the 1800s and it matches KJV English (a similarly named James Charlesworth also did a modern version of these texts in the 80s.. but even his set is pricey).

No not really since you fail to make sense.

and what is nonsensical about it? Christ made the Church, built it on St. Peter, and gave this Church the authority to loosen and bind.

To proclaim something inspired, is the expression of this authority.

Make sense?

It cannot be considered a straw-man, because it is an argument Luther himself proposed, in his own words, in books anyone can access!

Things are true when they are not when one wants them to be. Regardless poor Luther was only doing the same thing all others were doing in relegating the apocrypha to its own section and now they misconstrue and give him hell for that.

Maranatha! Someone hasn't heard of the Ethiopian Tewahedo Church.