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To: CaptainCarrollton
So Protestants redacted the version of the Old Testament that Jesus and the Apostles read and quoted,

There is not a single quote by Jesus or his apostles from the apocrypha. There are oblique allusions, but no direct quotations. These apocryphal books were not referred to by any of the New Testament writers as authoritative scripture.

The fact that they existed in the Septuagint was incidental. They were not considered authoritative scriptures by the first century Christians who wrote the New Testament. And by the third century, Jews had also rejected them as scripture for other reasons. Thus, two groups, mutually opposed, had both rejected these, and the Reformers made a good call.

In many cases, these apocryphal books directly contradict both OT and NT or both teachings, another good reason to reject them.

27 posted on 08/28/2022 4:14:21 PM PDT by nwrep
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