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To: Mathemagician

"Similarly, Christ quotes all but four of the Old Testament books--never quoting the apocrypha."

We disagree.
I could show you 118 separate citations of the Deuterocanonical works in the New Testament.

We also disagree that the Jews "never considered these works canonical". The Septuagint was translated by scribes of the Jewish Temple. We also know that the Deuterocanonica appear on the early lists of the canon.

At any rate, if we are to be Sola Scripturalists, one problem is that Scripture never defines the canon of Scripture. Jesus refers at some points to "The Law and the Prophets", but that is only a small sampling of the OT books. Jews, of course, do not give equal weight to all of the OT books at any rate. And, of course, Jesus and the apostles cited to the Deuterocanonical works at times (I will provide a list of some citations if I really must, but it will require me going home and digging it out. I do not have it handy.) And, of course, Jude cites to a truly apocryphal book by name.


339 posted on 02/14/2005 2:23:03 PM PST by Vicomte13 (La nuit s'acheve!)
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