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To: Rashputin
Yes, there is which is exactly why Luther was so anxious to throw out the books of Maccabees based on his accepting the power and perfection of anti-Christ Pharisees and denying the power and perfection of the Holy Spirit.

Rome had not closed the canon until AFTER Luther..the Dutercannonicals were not considered "infallible" scripture by Jerome (that translated the OT for Rome).. it was put n a separate section as worthwhile reading

It was actually ADDED by Rome as a Purgatory proof ..not removed by Luther

FYI at the time of the reformation Luther actually BELIEVED in Purgatory .. and publicly stated so.. but as a trained theologian he did not believe you should make doctrine out of non infallible writings

86 posted on 02/27/2015 6:13:23 AM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
Rome had not closed the canon until AFTER Luther.

Bunk. The Church established the canon over a thousand years piror to Luther even being born.

Protestants can play their games of making up councils of Jews that never took place, pretending the Church added something to Scripture after Luther, or whatever other trash they like to talk but it doesn't change the fact that well before Christ was born the Septuagint contained all the books the Catholic Church recognizes as being the Old Testament.

Protestants believe in the power and perfection of Pharisees, heretics like Luther, and all sorts of other things but the absolutely do not believe in the power and perfection of the Holy Spirit or they wouldn't deny that everything that was in the Septuagint (and therefore the OT the Catholic Church recognizes) is the inspired Word of God.

Anyone who wants to blaspheme the Holy Spirit by claiming the Holy Spirit cannot and did not protect His Holy Word is, of course, free to do so.

88 posted on 02/27/2015 7:33:16 AM PST by Rashputin (Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory.)
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