Posted on 05/27/2017 9:15:17 AM PDT by ealgeone
Errr...let me get right what you're saying. You agree that there were 22 original books. The early Christian church took these books that the Sanhedrin council agreed to, accepted them and split/rearranged them (presumably for readability). Four hundred years later the Catholic/Orthodox added a few more called the Septuagint. The Protestants broke away from the Catholics 1000 years later and rejected what was added. They went back to what was originally agreed to and used in the early church.
You seem to want to discredit our Jewish forefathers and, perhaps our early Christian fathers. So when exactly did the church start? When did the inspired works start?
As far as the New Testament goes-that is all speculation. Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelation are all in the Protestant bible the last time I checked.
Let me ask a very simple question or two. The very day AFTER Moses finished writing the first five books of the Old Testament, would you have considered his books to be inspired and inerrant? Would you have considered him to be a "spiritual father" to you?
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