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To: NYer; cva66snipe; vladimir998
>>As a point of information, the word "bible" does not appear in Sacred Scripture.<<

Oh really?

Matthew 1:1 The book (biblos) of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.<<

Mark 12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book (biblos) of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

luke 3:4 As it is written in the book (biblos) of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

Luke 20:42 And David himself saith in the book (biblos) of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,

Acts 1:20 For it is written in the book (biblos) of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take.

Philippians 4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book (biblos) of life.

biblos - Definition: a written book, roll, or volume, sometimes with a sacred connotation.

Bible - Origin - 1300-50; Middle English bible, bibel < Old French bible < Medieval Latin biblia (feminine singular) < Greek, in tà biblía tà hagía (Septuagint) the holy books; biblíon, byblíon papyrus roll, strip of papyrus, equivalent to býbl (os) papyrus (after Býblos, a Phoenician port where papyrus was prepared and exported) + -ion noun suffix

The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, "the books") is a canonical collection of texts sacred in Judaism and Christianity. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible]

396 posted on 11/15/2014 10:49:34 AM PST by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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To: CynicalBear

“Oh really?”

Yes. Not one of the verses you posted actually uses the word Bible. Not one. Saying that it uses a Greek plural for books is not the same thing. And I think you know that.


407 posted on 11/15/2014 11:48:01 AM PST by vladimir998
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To: CynicalBear; cva66snipe; vladimir998
Oh really?

I was referring to the cva66snipe's use of the term "The Bible", not the individual biblos. "The Bible" as a whole was not compiled until the late 4th century and then it was compiled by a Catholic saint (St. Jerome) at the request of a Catholic pope (St. Damasus I). So how were the early Christians saved if they did not possess the entire written "Word of God" to follow His teachings?

411 posted on 11/15/2014 12:02:39 PM PST by NYer ("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
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