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1 | What is the Apocrapha and its history? | Bible general Archive 1 | cml | 13241 | ||
Why and who decided that the books of the Apocrapha should not be included in the KJV? Who wrote the books included in the Apocrapha? Were they holy-inspired writings and can I be sure that these writings are or are not Holy Spirit-inspired writings? | ||||||
2 | What is the Apocrapha and its history? | Bible general Archive 1 | Reformer Joe | 13251 | ||
The Apocrypha was only recognized as canon by the Catholic Church in 1566, after the Council of Trent. The inclusion of these seven books is clearly a move of the Counter-Reformation in the 16th century. The Apocryphal books were included under the "Apocrypha" section of the 1611 KJV. However, they were not included in the Hebrew canon of Scripture (although the Septuagint has them). The OT canon had pretty much been set before Jesus was born, so this is why the early church councils never gave them too much consideration as inspired canon (despite their belief that they were useful books for study---they just don't have the tradition and authority that the 39 included OT books do). In addition, we see no quotes or references to the events in these books from the New Testament writers, which of course is an argument from silence; but history tells us that the Jewish people did not regard them as inspired, so neither do we. --Joe! |
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