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To: kosta50; OLD REGGIE; Dr. Eckleburg; bkaycee
The Christian church had NO authority to add or subtract any books to the OT.

The OT is Gods revelation to the Jews.. It was never given to the church. It remains under the authority of the jewish people

The NT is Gods revelation to the church..

Rom 3:1 ¶ What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there] of circumcision?
Rom 3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God.

5,147 posted on 09/15/2010 12:42:04 PM PDT by RnMomof7 (Jhn 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye cannot hear my word.)
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To: RnMomof7; OLD REGGIE; Dr. Eckleburg; bkaycee
The OT is Gods revelation to the Jews.. It was never given to the church. It remains under the authority of the jewish people

Which Jewish people? The Sadducees? the Alexandrian Jews? The Essenes? The Samaritans? The Pharisees? I hope you realize they all different canons and beliefs. Now which one has monopoly on being the most Jewish when it comes to the "Old" Testament?

The Christian OT was based from the beginning on the Septuagint (LXX). The NT writers quotes from it almost exclusively. The Church accepted it whole, "apocrypha" included.

The NT is Gods revelation to the church

Last time I checked, the "New" Testament was also revealed to the Jews unless you know of any non-Jewish Apostles in Jesus' party.

And, save for the handful of them, the Jews rejected it as fraud.

5,165 posted on 09/15/2010 1:11:35 PM PDT by kosta50 (God is tired of repenting -- Jeremiah 15:6, KJV)
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