[Conservative til I die]

Question for you on the Scriptures. How do you know which books are Canon? Why do you believe in the same 66 the Catholics do (notwithstanding the 7 Martin Luther removed) and not also some of the gnostic texts and other books?

[realpatriot71]

How do you know which books are Canon?

This is easy. OT Canon are those book which were Canon to the Jews - those book written either by a prophet or written during the time of a prophet(s). NT Canon are those book known to have been written by an Apostle or a companian of the an Apostle.

The Jews NEVER considered the Apocryphal books to be Canon