Why did the first Protestant, Martin Luther, take out from the bible HEBREWS, JAMES, JUDE, and REVELATION, plus 7 books from the Old Testament—and put them in an appendix without page numbers?
Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelation were only later put back into the Protestant bible by other Protestants, but the 7 books of the Old Testament were not put back in.
By what authority did Martin Luther (an ex-Catholic monk) have to suddenly decide that certain books would be thrown out of the canon of the bible?
The 7 deuterocanonical books were in many Jewish bibles before the council of Javneh in A.D. 90. The Septuagint with the 7 deuterocanonicals included was used by Jesus and the Apostles since many quotes come from the Septuagint Old Testament.
2006-07-15
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