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To: Natural Law

What is the problem with Christ quoting the apocrypha? Do you know?


3,411 posted on 11/22/2011 10:39:28 AM PST by Judith Anne (For rhe sake of His sorrowful passion, have mercy on us, and on the whole world.)
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To: Judith Anne
"What is the problem with Christ quoting the apocrypha?"

One of the reasons that Protestants claim to reject the Deoterocanonicals was that they presumed that they were never written in Hebrew. That has historically been proven wrong. The Essene Canon revealed in the Dead Sea Scrolls contains significant portions of these books.

The reasons that Luther and Protestantism wants / needs the Deuterocanonical Books excluded is that they clearly support legitimate claims of the Church that are damaging to the Reformation. Most troubling to Protestants are Purgatory, alms giving for the atonement of sins (indulgences), praying for the dead, petitioning “saints” in Heaven for their prayers, worshiping (doulia) angels, and the existence of Raphael as the Healing Angel.

3,415 posted on 11/22/2011 11:53:00 AM PST by Natural Law (If you love the Catholic Church raise your hands, if not raise your standards.)
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