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To: Cronos; Salvation; Quix; Dr. Eckleburg; wmfights
The key point is the terminology.

Thanks for the ping. Is the distinction you're highlighting that "apocrypha" means uninspired and "deuterocanonical" means inspired?

If so, then one thing I still do not understand is how the Catholic Church explains that it has not added to scripture. Deuterocanonical appears to mean "second canon", and it seems that it took over one thousand years to establish this second canon after the first canon was closed. If so, is a third or fourth canon possibly to come (within the realm of theoretical possibility) that will also be considered inspired? Does the Magisterium have the theoretical power to do such if it was in agreement? I am thinking of books that are now considered apocrypha by Catholics, but may gain more favor in the future, or to theoretically yet undiscovered books which (would) appear to have a similar pedigree to books in the canon now.

5 posted on 03/05/2010 1:24:11 PM PST by Forest Keeper ((It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.))
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INDEED.


6 posted on 03/07/2010 1:04:05 PM PST by Quix (THOSE who worked to land us here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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