Bible Question:
Thank you EdB for taking the time to answer. As you state it, they would be the books called the Apocrypha I had in mind, not being sure of the correct terminology to use. Also now I would include the Deuterocanonical books not having known they too exist. I did search, but I believe under "Books of Wisdom". I found some information, but not much. I will try again under the more exact terminology. You wouldn't know of a good short book I can get on this subject? |
Bible Answer: Hi, John... Ed may continue to interact with you, and I welcome him to do so. However, there is a convention we've adopted in the forum to only mark as questions those that begin a thread. If you ask someone directly, then mark it as a note. They will be notified, regardless. This also keeps the main forum page clear for new questions. Here is a helpful source: https://www.monergism.com/ Type in your search words. There are many articles and lectures available. You might want to use the search word canon, apocrypha, etc. These books you're talking about are certainly odd in many respects. I've read through them, as Ed has probably done, too. For those of us from a Reformed background: we actually have the following explicit statement in our confessions: "The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the Canon of Scripture; and therefore are of no authority in the Church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings." In other words, to us, these books are not to be depended on... for a "rule of saving knowledge, faith, and obedience." In Him, Doc |