Comments on: Why are some books of the Bible Protestant Catholic excluded in One?

By: imacatho

imacatho — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

The real reason is that there are two fees proposed in Nicea. They are very strict, in fact, quite ruthless in the way they chose to exclude the books of the canon. If this is a text of a group that the first generation of apostles did not approve, which were removed. Only those who can be verified as you would in the apostolic canon.
For the wings down.
There were two canons of the Hebrew Scriptures. Which included the Jewish Apocrypha, which the Jews do not accept themselves as theologically sound, and orthodox Jewish canon.
Therefore, the church based on the Orthodox Jewish canon canon was shorter than that based on the longest, unorthodox Jewish canon.
The Council of Nicaea settled the shortest canon. The Protestant canon Hales to the decision at Nicea, and Protestant theologians adhere to the decision taken at Nicea.
The Catholic church is a departure from the decision of the Council insists that ecunemical and authoritative.
However, I believe that parts of the Jewish Apocrypha fascinating, especially the books of Maccabees. It shows what happens in Judaism during the supposedly "silent" 400 years. I believe that Christians should read the Maccabees.
The decision of Nicaea was controversial because people wanted to put the books in the apocryphal canon, the canon of Nicea but more or less stagnant.

By: 1up Mushroom

1up Mushroom — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

The books are the "Apocrypha" and it is not so much that they are excluded from the Protestant Bible, when they are wrongly included in the Catholic Bible.
(Well, Catholics are going to give me thumbs down on that one).
When the Old Testament canon was closed, the books are not considered Scripture, and when the church voted in its first canon, the books were not included either.
Are for the most part, good reading (I like the best of the bunch Sir) and historicaly is important to be familiar with the Maccabees, if you are a student of Christianity or Judaism.
However, early canonical lists that we have, Melito of Sardis and Athanasius, are clear that the Apocrypha is not part of the canon. One of the first argument for the inclusion of these beings is Origen of Alexandria, who was from my Yahoo handle. However, it was proved very wrong on the issue decided by Rufinius.
A detailed account on the issue is on the link below.

By: origen_1

origen_1 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

When the Catholic Church canonized the New Testament, including books (which are not in Protestant ones) are understood as part of the Jewish Tanakh (Christian Old Testament) … years later, when Jewish scholars canonizing actually started doing their own writing, which eliminate the books …. when the Protestants made decisions about what to include and what to throw away, based on what the Jews had been canonized by the time of the 1500 (1200 years after the canonization Catholic) …. yes, the right - indeed the Protestants chose to write on the basis of the canonization of the same people who rejected the divinity of Christ - that is not ironic?

By: Rick Monday Saves the Flag

Rick Monday Saves the Flag — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

There are 7 books that were removed during the Protestant Reformation. These are books that Martin Luther and his followers do not feel inspired. However, these books are part of the canon of Scripture for 1000 years prior to and selected by the authority of the Catholic Church as well as all other books.

By: Misty

Misty — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

Due to the Protestant churches do not believe that books are divinely inspired. While they agree that the books are historically accurate, they were not inspired by God, especially the Old Testament that were written during the 400 years of silence and exile of the Jews.
Its still wonderful read, and gives a detailed history of what happened in history, but was inspired by the way the Gospels were, for example.

By: Dominic

Dominic — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

I am not Catholic, but I think the books that were left out is the will of the Almighty.
As "imacatholic2" said these "left-wing books are available for anyone who would like to read.
I think what that support might be the reason they were left out of 66 accepted books.
• Prayer for the dead - the Scripture teaches against it.
• Purgatory - An instruction used in many pagan mythology.
• Intercession of saints in heaven - with the exception of Christ, no one on earth has been resurrected and is living in heaven and the dead can not intercede for life - can not even worship the Almighty.
• Intercession of angels - Scripture teaches only Christ can intercede on our behalf - to the angels, the Almighty, not the prayers of men.
Blessed be

By: cmhelp1

cmhelp1 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

They retreated back to the Protestant revolution, when the king wanted a divorce and was not allowed in the Catholic faith. Thus began the Protestant faith and removed several books of the Bible that does not want to follow the teachings. God bless …

By: Gentle Spirit

Gentle Spirit — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

They are considered Deuterocanonical.
How to get two thumbs down to the right answer? Do you even know what the word means? Http: / / en.wikipedia.org / wiki / Deuterocano …
Man, ignorance is rampant. BTW, did you know that Luther wanted removed the book of Revelation? He also referred to the Book of James as an "epistle of straw".

By: Yggdrasi

Yggdrasi — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

The list of books that are in the Catholic Bible was completed in the 4th century. At the time of the Protestant Reformation, the reformers adopted the list of books by Jewish religious leaders decided (who put Jesus to death).

By: Sldgman

Sldgman — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:17:09 +0000

Because I wanted to be more secular, religion acceptable. Something that was easier and less of a demand on them. It would be more popular of his Church. Less work and less accountability for their actions or lack of facts. They wanted an easy religion to follow.