Is it the Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant, Ethiopic, Coptic or the Syriac? Please note that they contain different number of books. It is just not the "oh! those are different translations".
2006-08-16 00:03:12 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Imagine that you tell a story (real or not, doesn't matter), and somebody tells it to somebody else, and so on, for a hundred years, and then some people decide to write the story down, how many versions do you think you would get??
Furthermore, imagine the story would be written down in a complex and weird language and then, hundreds of years later people would try and translate it into "modern" languages, just take a guess how many versions you would have by then!!
2006-08-16 00:09:22 · answer #1 · answered by lindavankerkhof 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
These books are written by people (mostly old and experienced in many respects about life) who gave their own (not some voice descending from Heaven!) views and reflections about the world and existence! Anyone for instance could write the bible on his own today with less time as bible scribes did! Don't know really much about other "holy" books but in the beginning of the Book of acts (forgot the verse), an apostle who replaced Judas the betrayer was chosen when the remaining disciples cast lots (not divine inspiration) as well as books of the bible which were chosen by the church not by divine inspiration but by casting lots!
2006-08-16 07:11:25 · answer #2 · answered by Makaveli007 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Athanasius (b. 296) Origen (b. 185) Irenaeus (b. 130)
These leaders in the early church reconized these books as inspired:
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
2006-08-16 07:26:55 · answer #3 · answered by williamzo 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The fundametal belief is; Believe in One,Unique,Absolute,Formless Deity and 2. the belief in the Life Hereafter. Whichever holy Book has this Message, it is from The Almighty and to that extent the Message is from God,Allah,Yahweh,Adonai,Parmatma,Prabhu, AhuraMazda, and is called Revelation and not Inspiration. We are from Him and to Him is the going back to home. Mylord Jesus did not speak English so the word:God' was not uttered by mylord. Seek and thou shall find---The Truth.
2006-08-16 07:25:06 · answer #4 · answered by hasanmuizudin 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Holy Bible the King James Verson,thy word is a lamp unto thy feet and a light unto thy path,it has brought me so much truth and peace of mind, now I can rest in Gods love and really enjoy my life to the fullest!
2006-08-16 07:13:03 · answer #5 · answered by HolyDovePraise 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Barnabas gospel is the one:
http://www.barnabas.net
2006-08-16 07:47:09 · answer #6 · answered by lukman 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you mean inspired by God, then answer is obviously none of them.
2006-08-16 07:07:15 · answer #7 · answered by Gallivanting Galactic Gadfly 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋