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To: metmom

I have a question for you: do the Deuterocanonical / Apocryphal books belong in the Bible? And who gets to decide?


105 posted on 12/03/2024 6:39:20 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius
I have a question for you: do the Deuterocanonical / Apocryphal books belong in the Bible? And who gets to decide?

My understanding is that they are OT books and not recognized as Scripture by the Jews.

Therefore, they would not qualify as Scripture.

Who get s to decide? Well, anyone can add any books they want to the Bible, but that doesn't make them Scripture in the classic sense.

110 posted on 12/03/2024 7:44:37 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus)
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To: Petrosius
Apocryphal books belong in the Bible? And who gets to decide?

Did the JEWS consider them to be Scripture?

Surely writings OLDER than Jesus must be looked at with special eyes.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_apocrypha

128 posted on 12/03/2024 12:18:00 PM PST by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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