What do Christians think of the Apocrapha? How can you accept the gospels as valid, with selected texts?

Question

This question will be fun to see how many Christians have never heard of the Apocrypha, yet believe in the Gospels (yes, there were more than just four) as undenyable, whole, truths (selected by men, many many many years later into a canonized book).

Answer 1

When the Puritans came to North America, they decided
to leave out the Apocrypha from their Bible. These days
we just read them for research, but not as the Word of God.
I Corinthians 13;8;a, Love never fails!!!!!

Answer 2

I have heard of the Apocrypha.

The Catholic church has had several Councils over the years reviewing their teachings and practices, including what would be contained in the Bible.

Starting with the Council of Jamnia in 92 AD and continuing up to the Council of Trent in 1546 AD, they have reviewed many texts and put them through tests including internal referencing (one book in the Bible citing another) and origin. The writings that passed these tests are considered Canon, ie the Bible. Those that did not pass all the test, but were still considered to be possibly holy were kept around by some as the apocypha.

Finally, I do not believe that the Bible is an undenyably whole truth. It was selected by men, who voted in councils, translated over and over again. It is missing books that the prophets and apostles cited. Some parts have been lost or changed over many translations. It still have most of the truth, but no longer all of it. The apocrypha also have bits of the truth. Like all scriptures, you must study it prayerfully.

Answer 3

I think, or rather believe, that the Apocrapha is not true. This is not because I have read all of the text that question Catholicism, but I know that many of them were all considered during the construction of the bible and if we can not trust those who constructed the various parts of the new testament than how can we trust the religion as a whole.

People treat this as a new issue but this hasn't been the first time the church has been under fire and won't be the last.

Answer 4

The Apocrypha, the Gnostic gospels and other secular writings have men for their authors.
The Bible (including the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) were written by God, through men, as His Spirit moved in them.

Any writings other than that which God Himself wrote are merely worldly scratchings of ink and cannot be compared with the Divinely inspired Word of God.
To try to say the the Apocrypha or the Gnostic gospels are Scripture is a lie.

" All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." 2 Timothy 3:16,17

Answer 5

I don't think the problem with the Apocrapha or any other "gospel" is necessarily that they don't have value. Its just that the church leaders who were deciding what to cannonize could only include those documents that they felt were the most valid. There are many documents (such as the history written by Josephus) that are wonderful resources. However, they don't have backing of the founding fathers of the church so they should be taken with a grain of salt.

Answer 6

The apocraphal writings are, in essence, needless and senseless, mixed-up, do-and-don't-commands rehash and plagiaristic rewording against the genuinely-canonical Old-Testament books of Psalms, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes...along with a conglomerate plethoria of questionable and irrelevant rewritten history or legends.

The Apocrapha was definitely not written by any Hebrew author(s) and therefore is certainly not Divinely-inspired. Christ Himself and His New-Testament-author apostles NEVER quoted ANYTHING from the Apocrapha - contrary to what some clerical and congregant liars have claimed in arrogant and mean-spirited opposition in their devious deceitfulness of giving similar-sounding-semantic credit to Satan and his literature-stealing conspirators.

The Apocrapha does NOT have a Messianic thrust, is deprecatory against men and women, tends to separate God away from humanity and humanity away from God as distant hostile-toward-each-other entities of differing power, and is markedly legalistic, harsh, and unmistakenly islamic Koran-like.*

Answer 7

Life is a journey with a beginning and an end but neither came first- they came together.

All the texts are like a haystack. God can be hidden like a needle in that haystack but never lost.

I accept the Gospel texts along with the Apocrypha texts- "turn over a stone, and there you will find God" : "break open a blade of grass, and there you will find God."

A search made in texts always ends with God- as everthing and nothing begins and ends with God.

Answer 8

The books that Got put in were books that "the council" felt that there were enough sources to "prove" who wrote it and when. It was not so for the Apocrypha. One of them, the book of the Maccabees were left out of the Hebrew bible as well. And it is where on of their holidays come from.

Answer 9

Various early Christian writings proposed as additions to the New Testament but rejected by the major canons.
apocrypha Writings or statements of questionable authorship or authenticity??

Bull...

Answer 10

1Tm:6:1: Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
1Tm:6:2: And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
1Tm:6:3: If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
1Tm:6:4: He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,
1Tm:6:5: Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
1Tm:6:6: But godliness with contentment is great gain.
1Tm:6:7: For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
1Tm:6:8: And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
1Tm:6:9: But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
1Tm:6:10: For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.