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To: one Lord one faith one baptism
why is it so hard to admit the obvious, the first 66 book Bible appeared on the world scene in the 16th century. even the original King James Bible did not have 66 books!

olofob - the Catholic church did not call the apocrypha part of the canon until Trent. Until that time they were considered were permitted to be read in the churches for the purposes of edification but were never considered authoritative for establishing doctrine.

thus it was a 66 book canon even before trent - the apocrypha was just recommended reading.

38 posted on 07/21/2011 8:51:05 PM PDT by Godzilla (3-7-77)
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To: Godzilla

stop embarrassing yourself with such statements. The canon was set in the late 4th century and all the books approved were considered authoritative for doctrine. where do you get these wild ideas of yours??? saying Trent established the canon is like saying Nicea established the divinity of Jesus. Church Councils define doctrine when opposition to the doctrine arises. since no one disputed the 73 book canon until the 16th century.

again, i ask you, who ( if anyone ) has the authority on earth to proclaim infallibly the number of books in the canon? anyone? or are we left to guess? did the Holy Spirit wait until the 16th century to lead men to the proper canon?
why can’t you answer this all important question?


42 posted on 07/21/2011 9:09:42 PM PDT by one Lord one faith one baptism
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