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The Council of Jamnia, which appeared to have taken place around 90 CE, is believed to have finally defined the canon of the Hebrew Bible, except for the Ethiopina Jews who do not accept its legitimacy. However, recently some scholars have suggested that the Council was not about canonicity at all, asserting that they were actually dealing with other concerns entirely.
By the fourth century, the Christian church began to concern itself about exactly what Old Testament books should be included, and Bishop Melito of Sardis went to Palestine to discover which Hebrew books belonged in the canon. The sixteenth century Council of Trent finally established the Catholic Old Testament canon, in response to Protestant arguments. The sixteenth century was really the point at which Catholic and Protestant Churches all identified exactly what books were regarded as forming the Old Testament.
Irenaeus argued for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to be included in the New Testament, saying that four gospels were as natural as the four winds. The New Testament, as we now know it, was formally accepted by a council at Rome in 382.
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What books are taken out of the Bible?
The books that form what is now known as the Bible were not originally written in order to be included in a 'Bible'. They were simply written to meet the religious or political purposes of their times. When, later, the concept of a collection of books, a 'Bible', came to the fore, some books were included and some were not.Until the first Bibles were compiled, there were no books in the Bible, to be taken out. It was merely a case of which of the many hundreds of potentially suitable books would be included, and which would not.Having said that, the Catholic Church included, and still includes, 15 'Deuterocanonical' books in its Old Testament. These were not included in the Hebrew Bible and, on the precedent of the Hebrew Bible, are not included in the Protestant Bible. Even the Catholic Church regards the Deuterocanonical books as not inspired in the same way as the canonical books are.
If God oversaw the development of the Bible then why wasn't the lost books of the Bible included in them?
If God wanted them in the Bible they would not have been lost .
What Scriptures did the Catholic Church change in the Bible?
Roman Catholic AnswerYou are operating with a mistaken assumption. The Catholic Church wrote the Bible, the Catholic Church decided which books were canonical (included in the Bible), and the Catholic Church has conserved the Bible through the centuries. The only ones who changed any Scriptures in the Bible are the protestants, who, after fifteen centuries of a Bible preserved by the Catholic Church came along and threw books out of the Bible, and changed the meanings of books they would not throw out.
Who chose the books in the Bible?
AnswerThe Council of Jamnia is believed to have decided on the books that would form the Hebrew Bible. However, the Catholic Church included several books, now known as deuterocanonical books, that had not been selected at Jamnia. The Protestant Churches eventually decided to include only those books in the Hebrew Bible.Bishop Irenaeus of Lyons argued for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to be included in the New Testament, saying that four gospels were as natural as the four winds. The New Testament, as we now know it, was formally accepted by a council at Rome in 382.
Who determined the order of the books in the Bible?
For the new testament canon Irenaeus of Lyon decided what order they would go in.
What books are taken out of the Bible?
The books that form what is now known as the Bible were not originally written in order to be included in a 'Bible'. They were simply written to meet the religious or political purposes of their times. When, later, the concept of a collection of books, a 'Bible', came to the fore, some books were included and some were not.Until the first Bibles were compiled, there were no books in the Bible, to be taken out. It was merely a case of which of the many hundreds of potentially suitable books would be included, and which would not.Having said that, the Catholic Church included, and still includes, 15 'Deuterocanonical' books in its Old Testament. These were not included in the Hebrew Bible and, on the precedent of the Hebrew Bible, are not included in the Protestant Bible. Even the Catholic Church regards the Deuterocanonical books as not inspired in the same way as the canonical books are.
If God oversaw the development of the Bible then why wasn't the lost books of the Bible included in them?
If God wanted them in the Bible they would not have been lost .
What Scriptures did the Catholic Church change in the Bible?
Roman Catholic AnswerYou are operating with a mistaken assumption. The Catholic Church wrote the Bible, the Catholic Church decided which books were canonical (included in the Bible), and the Catholic Church has conserved the Bible through the centuries. The only ones who changed any Scriptures in the Bible are the protestants, who, after fifteen centuries of a Bible preserved by the Catholic Church came along and threw books out of the Bible, and changed the meanings of books they would not throw out.
Who chose the books in the Bible?
AnswerThe Council of Jamnia is believed to have decided on the books that would form the Hebrew Bible. However, the Catholic Church included several books, now known as deuterocanonical books, that had not been selected at Jamnia. The Protestant Churches eventually decided to include only those books in the Hebrew Bible.Bishop Irenaeus of Lyons argued for Matthew, Mark, Luke and John to be included in the New Testament, saying that four gospels were as natural as the four winds. The New Testament, as we now know it, was formally accepted by a council at Rome in 382.
Who put out the first bible and in what year?
The books that make up the Bible were written by many different people. However in 393 at the synod of Hippo it was decided what books would be in the Bible. In 400 the first Latin Bible was translated by Jerome (and others).
Who determined the order of the books in the Bible?
For the new testament canon Irenaeus of Lyon decided what order they would go in.
Where in the Bible is the book of Tobit located?
The book of Tobit is not included in most non-Catholic versions of the Bible. The book would be included in the Apocrypha, which is normally included in the Catholic Bible.
Why did the people who wrote the Bible not write it in its order?
For people to have written the various books of the Bible in the correct order, would have required the Bible to be the inspired word of God, which it clearly is not. Over the centuries, good men wrote the books which became regarded as scripture, and in some cases later authors altered or added to these books. Eventually, religious leaders had to choose which of the books avsailable to them best represented the faith whcih they taught, and which therefore should be included in the Bible. So, for example, there were quite a few gospels by different authors, but Irenaeus insisted that there should only be four of them included in the Bible, and that they should be Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
What percentage of the Bible is the Book of Genesis?
In terms of percentage of books in the Bible (39 books in the OT, and 27 books in the NT), that would make Genesis one out of 66 books or 1.33% of the Bible. In terms of numbers of letters or words, that would be closer to 2%.
What is Bible ography?
I think you mean "Bibliography" which is the study of books or An organized listing of books. If you meant bible-ography, then it would be the bible as a field of study.
What other religions have similar Bibles?
Ummm... Similar to what, exactly? There are different versions of the Bible, in the sense that several Christian groups (and a few non-Christian groups, such as Judaism) differ in what books they consider to be "canon", that is, what books are included in the Bible. Other religions (non-Christians) have their own Holy Scripture, but those are different books, and they are not called "Bible". You would have to make up your own mind as to how "similar" you consider them to be.
Why are there books of the Old Testament missing from the Protestant Bible?
A:The split between Christianity and Judaism occurred before the Jews had decided on which scriptures would form the canon of the Hebrew Bible. Being unable to seek advice from the Jews, the early Christian Church, which eventually split into Roman Catholic and Orthodox Churches, adopted the Hebrew scriptures that were believed most likely to be inspired works. Independently, the Jewish scribes discarded some of these books on the grounds that they were not considered inspired. Most Protestant Churches eventually discarded from their Old Testament the books that were not included in the Hebrew Bible. They also discarded material such as the Additions to Esther, on the same grounds.
