“I didn’t realize Moses, Jeremiah, or Daniel were Roman Catholic. ;O)
Sure they were Catholics, dontchaknow?
They just never realized it......
/roll eyes...”
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Make a joke. You know what I meant...do not roll your eyes sister. You would not have a Bible without the Church. Everything you know of Christ came from the RCC.
How the Canon of the Bible (the official catalogue of inspired books) was officially declared.
362 A.D. Catholic Church’s Council of Rome defines the Canon of Holy Scripture.
382 Pope Damasus issues a listing of the present OT and NT Canon of 73 books
383 Saint Jerome translates the Latin Vulgate from Greek & Hebrew
393 Council of Hippo (North Africa) approves the present Canon of 73 books
397 Council of Constantinople produces first bound Bible (the Vulgate: previously, all
were separate books)
397 Council of Carthage (North Africa) approves the same OT and NT canon
405 Pope Saint Innocent I approves the Canon again and closes it (with 73 books)
There is a movement within the more radical elements of modern Protestantism to assert that the Church was NEVER Catholic. That is something that even the most radical of the fathers of the Reformation ever asserted. To do that they have to try to remove the Church's fingerprints from every element of Christian history, even when it requires falsification and deceit.
Peace be with you.
Did they write the OT as claimed?
I think not. The Hebrew Scriptures were recognized and validated by Jesus Himself as Scripture.
The Catholic church cannot take responsibility for writing the Bible because it didn't. All it's trying to do is lay claim to it so it can claim to be the only valid authority for interpreting it.
Control access and interpretation of Scripture and to an extent, you control people's destiny.
The writers of the NT were called church fathers AFTER the fact. How convenient....
Do you not think that God wasn't perfectly capable of preserving His word without the help of the so-called Catholic church?
We have Scripture not because of the Catholic church but in spite of it.