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To: bronx2

This article says that Luther “took the seven books that were contested and he called them apocryphal, which means false or spurious.”

And I’m like a “holocaust denier” because I point out that Jerome came up with the term “Apocrypha” in the 5th century?

This “history” is quantifiably false. It can’t even get the original of “Apocrypha” correct. Roman Catholics may affirm like this article, but they do so out of allegiance to Rome, not allegiance to the truth.


23 posted on 01/11/2011 1:32:10 PM PST by Theo (May Rome decrease and Christ increase.)
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To: Theo
The attractiveness of this article for Catholics has nothing to do with allegiance to Rome but everything to do with historical accuracy. Luther also tried to excise the “Letter of James” and “Book of Revelations from the Bible. So we can judge his actions from his failed activities as even his successors failed to carry through with these wishes.

You need to read objective history by historians who are judged objective by independent scholars. The article presented in this thread fits the characterization of being objective, not tainted with the bias of those who cannot or will analyze with an impartial spirit . Reading objective history will free one from the bias and bigotry which can engulf one who bathes in the morass of self indulgent ignorance.

26 posted on 01/11/2011 3:29:55 PM PST by bronx2 (while Jesus is the Alpha /Omega He has given us rituals which you reject to obtain the graces as to)
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