Author Topic: Deuterocanonical books? (Read 1333 times)

gobosox91 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 19, 2012, 03:52:48 PM »

what about this response? I got this on Yahoo! Answers:

[/i]1 Enoch is also quoted directly in the Epistle of Jude, and called a prophecy, but that's not in the Bible either.
Books like 1 Enoch and the books of Maccabees were in fact thought of and taught as scripture by some authorities. The Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, and Apocalypse of Peter were considered part of the canon by the creator of the Codex Sinaiticus, but they later fell out of favor.
Really, it's largely based on the popularity of certain traditions, and "church politics." If different people had stronger influences, we would have a very different biblical canon. As it is, we inherited several particular man-made canons in the Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Ethiopian churches, few of which agree with one another.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #6 on:** April 19, 2012, 03:58:23 PM »

Quote from: gobosox91

what about this response? I got this on Yahoo! Answers:

[/i]1 Enoch is also quoted directly in the Epistle of Jude, and called a prophecy, but that's not in the Bible either.
Books like 1 Enoch and the books of Maccabees were in fact thought of and taught as scripture by some authorities. The Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, and Apocalypse of Peter were considered part of the canon by the creator of the Codex Sinaiticus, but they later fell out of favor.
Really, it's largely based on the popularity of certain traditions, and "church politics." If different people had stronger influences, we would have a very different biblical canon. As it is, we inherited several particular man-made canons in the Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Ethiopian churches, few of which agree with one another.

All the more reason to understand that Sola Scriptura is a Heresy.

Capt McQuigg · « **Reply #7 on:** April 19, 2012, 04:09:01 PM »

Quote from: gobosox91

what about this response? I got this on Yahoo! Answers:

[/i]1 Enoch is also quoted directly in the Epistle of Jude, and called a prophecy, but that's not in the Bible either.
Books like 1 Enoch and the books of Maccabees were in fact thought of and taught as scripture by some authorities. The Epistle of Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, and Apocalypse of Peter were considered part of the canon by the creator of the Codex Sinaiticus, but they later fell out of favor.
Really, it's largely based on the popularity of certain traditions, and "church politics." If different people had stronger influences, we would have a very different biblical canon. As it is, we inherited several particular man-made canons in the Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Ethiopian churches, few of which agree with one another.

That post from Yahoo Answers also smacks of indifferentism, a concept that religions are all pretty much the same, hence, the answer you got was that it was all an opinion. None of this bodes well for the Sola Scriptura viewpoint so following some heretical protestant sect would simply be an act of vanity.

Do you have a Dhouey-Rheims bible? If not, get one.

Dino · « **Reply #8 on:** April 19, 2012, 09:33:32 PM »

here's a good video on the subject. Especially helpful if you're dealing with a protestant and you can email it to them.....