To: daniel1212
Thanks for the reply. I find it very interesting that the MAIN reasons why some accept the Apocryphal books is that they have a few verses in them that seem to speak of prayers for the dead. This is then used to develop the doctrines of both indulgences and Purgatory - things definitely NOT taught in the rest of the commonly accepted books of the Bible.
2,382 posted on
09/09/2011 3:07:34 PM PDT by
boatbums
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To: boatbums
Thanks for the reply. I find it very interesting that the MAIN reasons why some accept the Apocryphal books is that they have a few verses in them that seem to speak of prayers for the dead. This is then used to develop the doctrines of both indulgences and Purgatory - things definitely NOT taught in the rest of the commonly accepted books of the Bible. Negative. The main reason why the Deuterocanonicals (there is no Apocrypha) are including the canon of Scripture is that they were in the Septuagint. This is the Greek language Bible used by Christ and the Apostles, and indeed by most of the Jewish world.
2,406 posted on
09/09/2011 5:58:46 PM PDT by
MarkBsnr
(I would not believe in the Gospel, if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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