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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.
