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To: Persevero

Matt. 6:19-20 - Jesus’ statement about laying up for yourselves treasure in heaven follows Sirach 29:11 - lay up your treasure.

Matt.. 7:12 - Jesus’ golden rule “do unto others” is the converse of Tobit 4:15 - what you hate, do not do to others.

Matt. 7:16,20 - Jesus’ statement “you will know them by their fruits” follows Sirach 27:6 - the fruit discloses the cultivation.

Matt. 9:36 - the people were “like sheep without a shepherd” is same as Judith 11:19 - sheep without a shepherd.

Matt. 11:25 - Jesus’ description “Lord of heaven and earth” is the same as Tobit 7:18 - Lord of heaven and earth.

Matt. 12:42 - Jesus refers to the wisdom of Solomon which was recorded and made part of the deuterocanonical books.

Matt. 16:18 - Jesus’ reference to the “power of death” and “gates of Hades” references Wisdom 16:13.

Matt. 22:25; Mark 12:20; Luke 20:29 - Gospel writers refer to the canonicity of Tobit 3:8 and 7:11 regarding the seven brothers.

Matt. 24:15 - the “desolating sacrilege” Jesus refers to is also taken from 1 Macc. 1:54 and 2 Macc. 8:17.

Matt. 24:16 - let those “flee to the mountains” is taken from 1 Macc. 2:28.

Matt. 27:43 - if He is God’s Son, let God deliver him from His adversaries follows Wisdom 2:18.

Mark 4:5,16-17 - Jesus’ description of seeds falling on rocky ground and having no root follows Sirach 40:15.

Mark 9:48 - description of hell where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched references Judith 16:17.
http://www.scripturecatholic.com/deuterocanon.html


8 posted on 03/10/2010 4:52:47 PM PST by impimp1
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To: impimp1

Man, you beat me to it by 10 seconds!


9 posted on 03/10/2010 4:54:52 PM PST by RedDogzRule
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To: impimp1

I accept your list of quotes, however, I don’t see them as authoritative. Every quote you listed has a reference in the Protestant-accepted canon.

You may or may not know that many early Roman Catholic church fathers did not accept the Apocrypha.

I read the following about them: (but I have not read their original works so you can correct me if I’m wrong):

“Origen, Cyril of Jerusalem, Athanasius, and the great Roman Catholic translator Jerome spoke out against the Apocrypha.

In 382 Bishop Damascus had Jerome (the greatest Bible scholar of the early Medieval period) work on a Latin text to standardize the Scripture. The resulting Vulgate was used throughout the Christian world though Jerome himself separated the Apocrypha from the rest. He stated the church reads them “for example and instruction of manners”, but does not “apply them to establish any doctrine”. More damning was his statement that “they exhibit no authority as Holy Scripture” (Preface to Vulgate Book of Solomon,) He initially refused to translate the apocrypha into Latin but later made a hasty translation of a few books.”

Augustine, a favorite of both the RC and Protestant churches, DID accept the Apocrypha, however.

Well, it’s been a centuries long debate but as you probably know the RC church did not even officially canonize the apocrypha until the Council of Trent in the 1500s. So for the majority of the life of the RC church, it was not especially recognized as authoritative.


16 posted on 03/11/2010 12:00:56 AM PST by Persevero ("Our culture is far better than a retarded Islamic culture." -Geert Wilders)
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