Do any protestants here like to read the Apocrypha books of the catholic Bible?

Answer 1

In case anyone wants some background on the Apocrypha books:

The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.

The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.

The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.

After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.

The Christian Church did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint.

1500 years later, Protestants decided to change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon. The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

I have read them. I was raised Catholic and the first Bible I ever read cover to cover was the Catholic Bible. There isn't anything in the Apocrypha that would have kept me in Catholicism. It doesn't give a different revelation than the standard Bible. I'm not sure why Catholics think the standard Bible is junk and Protestants think the Apocrypha is heresy?

Answer 3

According to Joseph Smith, the Apocrypha contains much that is correct and much that is not correct. The Lord told him that is was not necessary to translate the Apocrypha, nor to include it in our scripture canons. Those that read the Apocrypha with the spirit of inspiration and revelation, asking Heavenly Father in the name of Christ to reveal the truth to you, then the Holy Ghost will help you to understand what is good and what is not good about it. I have read the Lost Books and excerpts from the Apocrypha. I found them to be interesting.

Answer 4

probably not alot of em

the apochrapha is in some protestant Bibles, perhaps Anglican might sometiems have it, but mostly no

the apocrapha is no where even quoted in the New testament although a few other non Biblical sourses are and you would have a tough time convincing most protestants the apochrapha is scripture... it may be useful.... but is it scriture?

I have heard one person refering to a vision of the son of God form the apoacrapha and it helps to see how views were forming

Answer 5

I'm United Methodist. My first semester in seminary, one of my profs mentioned the Apocrypha in class. Someone asked "what is THAT?" The prof, not missing a beat, snapped "Well, for Jesus, Paul, and me, it's Scripture!"

Heh. Since that time, I've done my due diligence and acquired a passing familiarity with it. I like Tobit.

Answer 6

I've read a couple of them, I'm not impressed generally, they do not seem inspired in the same way as the rest of the bible. Keep flying the flag.

Answer 7

no because Tobias does not refer to Christ as Lord and Saviour. Also Catholics dont like protestants.

Answer 8

yes - and i also enjoy reading the non-cononical books called "the lost books" - actually some very interesting stuff.