Where’s Enoch, and I don’t mean whether he’s presently ‘walking with God’?
Enoch was actually referenced by Jesus in the Bible, yet the book is not a part of the Canon (1 or 2Enoch).
This I have never understood.
Actually the book of Enoch was used widely by early Christians as I understand it. It and many other books became discredited after the Council of Laodicea in about 363–364. Why it was discredited I don’t know. And being banned by the authorities, it gradually passed out of circulation. It was lost for centuries but copies were found in 1773 by James Bruce and the dead see scrolls also had copies of it. I know the reformers were very interested in it. It can actually be read online now.
http://www.heaven.net.nz/writings/thebookofenoch.htm
I think it means parts of it were good and parts not so much. Jesus was okay with nuance.