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To: conservativguy99; smvoice

***Where did you get that Bible you love so much? ....... (the Catholic Church) collated things and determined what was in it.****

Well if you really want to get technical, the first person to begin to collate the NT was MARCION the Heretic.

Many of the early Christian churches had already collected the writings of the Apostles, along with other spurious writings.

Separating the true from the false was the problem.

The only accepted books by Christians of the NT at that time were the four Gospels, Acts, The letters of Paul, (except Hebrews), 1 Peter and 1 John.

Over two hundred years later, James, 2 Peter, 2&3 John, Jude were added in the back.

The Roman church did not want Hebrews because of uncertain authorship, but they wanted Revelation.

The GREEK church wanted Hebrews but did not want Revelation.

So it was agreed to put both books in the back of the NT along with the other dubious books.

Hebrews is one of the best books making much of the OT understandable.


193 posted on 10/29/2011 8:41:10 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Click my name. See my home page, if you dare!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

All of that was under the rubric of the Catholic Church.


199 posted on 10/29/2011 8:48:35 PM PDT by conservativguy99
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Thank you, Ruy. Of course, that will all be denied. There is too much to lose if the truth is allowed to stand.


200 posted on 10/29/2011 8:49:42 PM PDT by smvoice (The Cross was NOT God's Plan B.)
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