To: Hodar
The Bible wasn't the Bible until it was canonized in 350 or 400 AD. Before then it was a collection of discreet manuscripts.
My understanding is the council responsible for the canonization applied reasonable tests to what would be credibly included.
The book which were omitted did not meet the standards of reliability they had established.
86 posted on
03/30/2011 10:30:02 AM PDT by
skeeter
To: skeeter
You are referring to the Council of Nicaea
Source. This was in 325AD, with memberships from area Bishops .... 1,800 members in total. One thousand, eight hundred fingers were in that pie. With the politics in play - I believe a lot of good scripture was thrown out for political purposes, such is the nature of man.
96 posted on
03/30/2011 11:36:21 AM PDT by
Hodar
(Who needs laws .... when this "feels" so right?)
To: skeeter
The book which were omitted did not meet the standards of reliability they had established. Have you ever read some of those? Wheeee!!! In general, they clearly don't fit with the rest.
161 posted on
03/30/2011 8:04:53 PM PDT by
lepton
("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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