Subject: Sola Scriptura supported by bible? |
Bible Note: I do know my history. The RCC did not officially declare the books canonical until the Council of Trent (4th session, 1546 -- you can look it up for yourself. The seven deuterocanonical books do not appear in the Hebrew Old Testament. Jerome, the translator of the Vulgate, which served as THE Bible for the RCC for well over a milennium, considered them to be questionable as well. Therefore, the Protestant Old Testament is in accord with the Jewish one, and THAT'S why we reject the extra seven as being inspired by God. A good link to examine the history of the canon,as well as the position of Luther (and the other Reformers) on the books you mentioned is: http://www.probe.org/docs/xn-canon.html --Joe! |