there are lots of books in the bible, , jhon matew,etc.
who is the guy who collected them all over the middle east over all the years that where writen??
2006-07-30 20:44:29 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
The canonization of Scripture occurred at the First Council of Nicea in 325 AD.
The Councils at Nicea established many essential doctrines of Christianity. The members of the councils did not suddenly decide to deify Jesus as He was already considered to be fully man and fully God. The Council just basically served the purpose of making these doctrines official in order to combat heresy, specifically the Arian heresy.
We get the Apostle's Creed and the Nicean Creed from such councils. They are a good foundation for what Christians should believe. Check them out.
2006-07-30 20:46:20 · answer #1 · answered by mwrc09 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The books in the current bible were gathered together and edited, and many thrown out because they didn't fit the political correctness of the day, by the Emperor Constantine in 325 AD and a group of clerics under his control. He was trying to find a way to keep his Riman empire together by melding together all the dominant religions in his empire into one. It was then that Jesus became a god, mary a virgin, and other things "decided." Many of the other "books" that were not included in the 325 bible are still around, known as the Apochrypha. The Catholic bible is a little bit different from the protestant bible.
2006-07-31 03:51:29 · answer #2 · answered by Pandak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Canon of the Bible was set by the Catholic Church in 400 A.D.
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2006-08-02 06:23:52 · answer #3 · answered by H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Damasus took the hundreds of scriptures that were in his posession and compiled them into one book called the bible
2006-07-31 08:01:58 · answer #4 · answered by Imani 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There wasn't a guy who did this. here's a link that explains it better than i could. http://www.gotquestions.org/canon-Bible.html
If you're wondering about how we know the bible we have today is the same as it was when it was written, since we don't have any of the original copies, here is another link http://www.ou.edu/faculty/organizations/ouchrfas/reed6.htm
2006-07-31 03:56:18 · answer #5 · answered by scottdw99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scheming little men
2006-07-31 03:49:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please be aware that there are several bibles.
Different religions believe that only certain books qualify as holy scripture.
2006-07-31 03:51:02 · answer #7 · answered by negrito con sabor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋