why was the book of Enoch not included in the bible. He seems to have been more in touch with God than anyone?

Question

Enoch was more in contact with God than any other prophet. He was even wisked any in human form to heaven and is said to have never died and eventually changed into the angel metatron

Answer 1

I suspect that the books of Enoch were ommitted, even though they strongly influenced early Christianity (and modern Christianity in its wake), because it demonstrates that the Son of Man (aka Jesus in the NT) is a spiritual being rather than a fleshy human.

This fact was inconvenient to the Roman church, which had claimed to be god's authority on earth, and justified the claim by showing a lineage of popes all the way back to Peter, who was granted that authority directly by Jesus.

If people had realized Jesus was not a physical person, that would have undermined the authority of the church, so they excluded those books.

Answer 2

The Etheopian Bible does include it. Contrary to what others will tell you, though, those who decided what books to include in the Bible were extreemly critical of the books that were presented to them. The Book of Enoch in particular was rejected because there were things in it that made the critical thinkers of the first three centuries of the Christian Era think it didn't all date to the time of Enoch, though they thought much of it did, they couldn't separate the parts that did from the parts that didn't. Read Augustine's "City of God" for an example of how critical the early Christians were on such subjects.

Answer 3

Jesus Christ and his apostles quoted from the Book of Enoch (also called 1 Enoch) as authentic scripture. It was once in the Bible and was accepted as having been written by Enoch himself, the majestic antediluvian prophet who was translated into heaven without tasting death (Heb. 11:5). During the Third and Fourth Centuries AD the book fell into disfavor and was removed from sacred canon, destined to become one of the "lost books" of the Bible. It was rediscovered in 1773 in Ethiopia and is now readily available in English, but is still largely unappreciated. Before looking at the calendar it describes, let us briefly review how it contains doctrines or phrases of the Savior, which are apparently examples of the Savior quoting Enoch.

Answer 4

if it's not the inspired word of God then i wonder why the book of Jude which is in the Bible quotes it and calls Enoch a prophet.
My best guess why its not in the Bible, there was some confusion.

Answer 5

The jury is still out on whether or not is is authentic, from a historical standpoint. The council of Laodicea, c. 360, put out a list of books they recognized to be inspired, as did the Council of Nicea at various times, however, not everyone has agreed on a final, definative canon as yet.

Answer 6

Well, I've read it and I (along with a lot of scholars) doubt that Enoch really wrote that.

Answer 7

i ask this all the time? seems the Roman Catholic church took books out of the Bible? too me the catholic church is a cult, we are TOLD in the Bible not worship graven images? but they want you to worship the Virgin Mary? why is this? sure she is the "Mother " of Christ but not God in the flesh as Christ Jesus was? one of God laws say do not have any other gods before Him? so my catholic friends can you answer that one , why do you ask Mary forgive your sins? she can not wash your sins away? she was but a lowly human chosen by God for his work!!!! i am sure she is in Heaven but do YOU think she hears your prayers.

Answer 8

So Dan Brown couldn't ignite any more controversy than he already did with the DaVinci Code. [?!]

:-))

Answer 9

becaused it's not the inspired word of god

Answer 10

what the first person said.