[Mrs. Don-o]

Thank you. Very interesting.

I have never been able to quite pinpoint who had (or thought they had) the authority to remove chunks of Scripture. I mean the actual names of the men who made this 16th century decision to de-canonize books of the Bible. Did they vote on it? When? What was the vote? And what was their rationale for discarding books accepted as Christian Scripture for over 1,000 years?

Looking for a shortish answer :o)

[GonzoII]

"Thank you. Very interesting."

You're welcome.

[what's up]

who made this 16th century decision to de-canonize books of the Bible.

Actually, the catholic church didn't officially canonize the Apocrypha until the Council of Trent.

[MarkBsnr]

I have never been able to quite pinpoint who had (or thought they had) the authority to remove chunks of Scripture.

Whoever they were, I think that they were well fortified with: