[Campion]

Maccabees was included to provide a foundation with which to establish a hierarchical system over His people.

Huh? Maccabees was written by and for and to Jews, who already had a hierarchical system.

Mostly it's about trusting in God in the face of adversity and trouble. I don't believe you've actually read it.

[griffin]

Ok....your point? Christ was less than impressed with their ‘system’. Why would He want the Christians to adopt the same.

And the Apocryphal books were NEVER part of the Hebrew Bible.