How the Bible come about, is totally irrelevant and neither is 2,000 years
Do you by any chance no which books were removed and why?What Bible do you stand by as I have not looked at a CC one, but happy to do so.
IMO, the basics of what we do have, is all we need, unless there is something vital we are missing, which would be of No surprise to me, as Jesus speaks of hidden manna in Rev. (words).Well. well, well, you're not much of an expert are you then, geez, imagine asking me for guidance especially when you go bananas with whatever I give you, so much for getting a monument for your achievements
No, not going to give you anything, as since you consider yourself so smart, then you do your own hard yakka like I did
But. at least by you acknowledged the Gospel of Thomas then you know that there / were more books that were considered gospel, even the then NT mentions a letter that we haven't got, no I'm not going to tell you about it, you have to find it for yourself, anyway, the big question is, why gospels in the like of Thomas didn't make it, and who decided it not to be included, was it someone inspired by satan or inspired by God, furthermore, how do you know the books in the bible are all inspired as they don't specifically mention that they are, except maybe for John in revelation
If you don't know the basics on the history of the bible, you definitely do not know the history of the church especially the CC to make any informed decision of it legitimacy or going in apostacy
IMO, the basics of what we do have,is all we need, of I see you are an expert,
PS, I'm not a protestant, who came out with that notion of we only need the bible alone or sola scriptura, this is a protestant invention, invented by the early reformers as they wanted to be Popes so they can make their own religion
Do tell why Luther wanted to throw out 4 books of the bible
This is an example how you guys operate
Then there is the Apocrypha, who removed them from the bible, was it God or was it man The apocrypha is a selection of books which were published in the original 1611 King James Bible. These apocryphal books were positioned between the Old and New Testament (it also contained maps and geneologies). T
he apocrypha was a part of the KJV for 274 years until being removed in 1885 A.D. A portion of these books were called deuterocanonical books by some entities, such as the Catholic church.
Many claim the apocrypha should never have been included in the first place, raising doubt about its validity and believing it was not God-inspired (for instance, a reference about magic seems inconsistent with the rest of the Bible:
Tobit chapter 6, verses 5-8). Others believe it is valid and that it should never have been removed-
that it was considered part of the Bible for nearly 2,000 years before it was recently removed a little more than 100 years ago.Some say it was removed because of not finding the books in the original Hebrew manuscripts. Others claim it wasn't removed by the church, but by printers to cut costs in distributing Bibles in the United States. Both sides tend to cite the same verses that warn against adding or subtracting from the Bible:
Revelation 22:18. The word '
apocrypha' means 'hidden.'
Fragments of Dead Sea Scrolls dating back to before 70 A.D. contained parts of the apocrypha books in Hebrew, including Sirach and Tobit Keep this in mind when reading the following apocryphal books. Martin Luther said, "Apocrypha--that is, books which are not regarded as equal to the holy Scriptures, and yet are profitable and good to read." (
King James Version Defended page 98.)
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Apocrypha-Books/