because it is missing certain books and it only has what the "catholics or christians" want and the rest were left out, why hasn't there been a newer version with all the books put in. Why blame the catholics for the way the bible is. There has been enough time to add the rest of the books. If there are any.
2006-07-10 18:05:35 · 12 answers · asked by kareiokequeen 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good Question. I wonder that myself. I believe the very ones that make accusations against the Holy Bible is afraid of what else is in the missing ones or either just don't want to believe and their minds are already made up.
Shalom
2006-07-12 18:27:52 · answer #1 · answered by Pashur 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have things backwards. It isn't the Catholics who took books out -- it is the Protestants.
The Catholic Saint Ireneus declared which books were inspired by God in the 1st century. Those books make up most of the Catholic Bible. A few other books of the Bible were added to the official list in the third or fourth century at the Council of Rome. The Catholic Bible has remained unchanged since then.
In the 1500s, Martin Luther decided that some of the books were not inspired by God and deleted them from the Bible. This is what most Protestants now use.
As a response to this, the Catholics reaffirmed their list of books at the Council of Trent. They affirmed the same books that were on the list at the Council of Rome.
2006-07-11 01:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by Ranto 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are published seperately under the titles of The Apocrypha, the Gnostic Gospels and other titles.
However many of them are lost because the Catholic Church had all extant copies declared heretical and destroyed whatever they found. We know they existed, and in many cases the general gist of what they said, but we don't have actual words.
It's not only that stuff is missing, but also that what IS there has been changed, edited or embellished throughout their history. Errors of translation, removal of political and historical context, inclusion of other religious thought and outright fabrication render the Bible an incomplete, inaccurate source for the teaching of Jesus and the beliefs of his followers.
2006-07-11 01:16:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a huge controversy that is never going to get solved or put to rest, I think.
Actually, the Catholics are the ones to oversee the publication in the first place. They approved what went in the Bible in the first place.
2006-07-11 01:11:02 · answer #4 · answered by ambeck23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The church chooses what it publishes. You have to remember that the Bible is the work of Man, not God. Others may argue that God had willed these men to compile the holy book. But how does the church decide who is willed by God and who isn't? A celestial debate, if i may say so myself. :)
2006-07-11 01:14:25 · answer #5 · answered by spaghettiandmeatballs_sg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good point. But there is that one part in the bible that says anyone who adds or takes away from the Bible is going to hell. Who wants to do that?
2006-07-11 01:09:23 · answer #6 · answered by Fox 34 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am against the bible for other reasons, so I can't answer this question; I am against the bible, though.
2006-07-11 01:09:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the main reason is the description of god. one part you have a all loving and forgiving god, then suddenly later part you have a jeaolus and vengefull god. which is which. plus all the other gospels were censored and only 4 remain. what about the others. what do they write about. mising years of jesus life is glaring. thats weird.
2006-07-11 01:11:15 · answer #8 · answered by santosh s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible is complete.
2006-07-11 01:09:03 · answer #9 · answered by robert p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a new version of it, they call it Patriot Act
2006-07-11 01:12:04 · answer #10 · answered by Filip S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋