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1 | Order of the books of the bible? | Luke 24:44 | aherbert2 | 228785 | ||
Hi, I have a coworker who asked me about the order of the books of the Bible: who choose the books and who decided what order they would be in. I honestly don't know and what I've found so far is very confusing! What is a not-too-complicated answer that I can give him? I know I've wondered this before and thought I asked about it but for the life of me can't remember! Basically he wants to make sure that no books have been omitted, or excluded from the Bible. He is pretty young in the faith and I don't want to cause him to stumble. Obviously this is an answer that I need to know as well! Thanks in advance, Aherbert2 |
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2 | Order of the books of the bible? | Luke 24:44 | Rolff | 228814 | ||
In Theology this is called the Cannon or Canonicity. There are no simple answers. The Old Testament has been long compliled. The gospels mention the Law and Prophets many times and Luke 24:44 mention the Law, prophets and Psalms. The New Testament is a different story. "In A.D. 363, the Council of Laodicea stated that only the Old Testament (along with the Apocrypha) and the 27 books of the New Testament were to be read in the churches. The Council of Hippo (A.D. 393) and the Council of Carthage (A.D. 397) also affirmed the same 27 books as authoritative." http://www.gotquestions.org/canon-Bible.html There are other books the Apocrypha and Pseudographs, which most Protestant churches reject. The men that picked the New Testament Canon were men of God, chosen by thier churches. At some point one has to decide to believe and follow or not to believe and not to follow Scripture. |
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3 | Order of the books of the bible? | Luke 24:44 | biblicalman | 228815 | ||
Further to what has been said, we should note that these councils dod not start from scratch and make their decision. They sat down to ask themselves, what are the books of the New Testament which have always been accepted by the church? In the case of most of the books there was no argument. The four Gospels and Acts,and Paul's letters had never been questioned. They had always been accepted and are all found in all second century lists. 1 Peter and 1 John were also unquestioned. It is not that the others were doubted by everyone, but that they were doubted in some places. Thus the council looked at the evidence with regard to these books and then made their decision. |
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