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To: Cronos

367 AD, Athanasius rejected the books of Wisdom of Solomon, the Wisdom of Sirach, Esther, Judith, Tobit, the Teaching of the Apostles [Didache], and Pastor [Shepherd of Hermas] as being canonical.


76 posted on 03/22/2022 6:45:17 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

What makes Athanasius a final authority on the canon of Scripture? The Tome of Damasus (AD 382) accepts all of the deuterocanonical OT books, including the ones you mention. What makes Athanasius’ authority superior to that of Pope Damasus?


98 posted on 03/22/2022 8:04:26 AM PDT by Campion (All we are saying is give peace a chance.)
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To: circlecity

And Martin Luther waited until 1885 to finally remove them from the KJV.

https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Apocrypha-Books/


115 posted on 03/22/2022 8:27:16 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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