how did todays bible come into being???

Question

i thought the bible was a colection of books put togther by early christians. and that not every book about jesus was put in.

how did the bible begin? when was it created? who created it?
(not asking about books of the bible but rather the bible as a whole)

Answer 1

the bible as a whole was created by a consel put together by the roman emporer constantine. several books were voted out and order to be destoyed (nostics). King james did a rewrite of the bible supposedly using the original hebrew texts.

check out this site for exsensive info
http://www.bidstrup.com/bible.htm

Answer 2

The Bible was written by many different people with different backgrounds and lives. Prophets wrote some, fishermen wrote others; kings, shepherds, and doctors all wrote different books.

Unfortunately, there were some people who began to spread false beliefs and stories about Jesus and about how Christians should act. So finally a group of Christians sat down and sorted out the fake books from the ones that were real, compiling what we now know as our Bible.

The books that weren't put in, often called the Gnostic Gospels, are books that the early Christians found to be full of errors and lies. For example, everyone has been jumping all over this "newly discovered" book, the Gospel of Judas. It supposedly tells of Judas' close relationship with Jesus and Jesus telling Judas that he would be held above all other disciples. What the newpapers and magazines didn't report, was all the ridiculous ideas about there being over 500 hells and all sorts or strange things.

The Gospel of Judas does not at all correspond with the rest of the Bible. Some people say that therefore the Bible must be false as a whole, when in fact, it is makes much more sense for the Gospel of Judas to be a fake written by some psycho.

PS: Don't believe everything you read in The Da Vinci Code.

Answer 3

Firstly the Holy Scriptures were written by God using man to write them down. God put in all the books He wanted.
Secondly it is made up of 66 books i believe.
Thirdly it is divided into the Old and New Testaments.
Fou rthly the Israelites were very careful about writingeverything down carefully and it was overseen by several priests at the same time.
As were the Bibles illustrated throughout the centuries.
Old scrolls found since the Bible was put together show that scriptures are accurate.
Fifthly the Bible has a large amount of prophesy that so far has all come true.
6thly Josephus an historian of that time, who was not a Christian, described Jesus'and His miracles and described Him as God and not a man. Josephus has a book you can check out.
Read the Bible and enjoy the journeys that Gods believers journied along...you will learn a whole lot about life, values, health and how to treat people..and faith/trust. Most of what we know is taken on faith.. even hypothesis of science...God is supernatural He has nothing to prove.
Did you know the oldest book in the Bible is Job, and that Job mentions the world is round.. now when did science prove that again.... 15th century or so!!! It also mentions a load of stuff that science is still discovering.

Answer 4

The early church did not DETERMINE the Bible; it DISCOVERED it. The church did not REGULATE which books should be in; they RECOGNIZEDwhich book were already being used by the churches universally. There was a criteria that had to be met:
Apostolicity - the book had to be written or authorized by an apostle.
Universality - the book had to be in wide usage in the church
Unity - there should be evidence that the book is not in conflict with any previous teachings
Inspiartion - this is the only subjective criteria, there should be evidence that this is not some book, but rather divinely inspired by God.
Obviously, the later Gnostic Gospels, Coptic collections, or books of the Pseudapigrapha did not meet this criteria, therefore they were never even considered for canonicity. God Bless

Answer 5

Sort of a long answer. I can give you the name of a great little book that would really help you, it's called Halley's Pocket Bible Handbook. It has all sorts of info about the compilation of the books of the bible into what we now have. It also lists some of the books judged not authentic and, therefore, not added to the "canon" of scripture. It's a fascinating book.

Answer 6

I could give you a long historical explaination, but it wouldn't fit here. Try reading "Church History in Plain Language, 2nd Ed." by Bruce L. Shelly (Word Publishing; ISBN 08499-3861-9).

Maybe this cut & paste might help:

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The first official meeting of churches which listed the twenty-seven books of the New Testament was the Synod of Hippo in 393. It did not confer upon them any authority, but simply recorded their previously established canonicity. The Third Synod of Carthage reaffirmed the Hippo decision in 397. The earliest know confirmation of this list by a Bishop of Rome comes from Pope Innocent in 405.

The Synod of Carthage used three criteria in recognizing books as part of the New Testament canon:

Was the book prepared by an apostle or under the direction of an apostle? (Ephesians 2:20; John 16:13).

Was the book used and recognized by the churches? (John 10:4).

Did the book teach sound doctrine as compared with books that were already accepted as Scripture? (1 Corinthians 14:29).

It is important to realize that a book did not become inspired by being included in the canon. Rather inclusion in the canon was merely recognition of the authority that the book already possessed from God. It is a little bit like an purple elephant walking into the room and us deciding that "Yes, indeed! That's a purple elephant and he is in the room." We did not make him a purple elephant and we did not put him in the room -- we merely recognize what is obvious....

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One of the earilest lists of "official" New Testament books is found in a fragment of a letter first written about 190 AD (the Muratorian Cannon). The first complete lists of NT books as we have them today is found in an Easter letter written in 367 by Bishop Athanasius from Alexandria. (Church History in Plain Language, p. 66).

Answer 7

This is a question EVERYONE should ask themselves:
The bible was created by a bunch of manipulative men, a few hundred years after the "fact" of Christ's existence.
The bible does have some insight and good morals, but it's really a big mythological story full of hidden meanings, and obscurities of the truth (mathematical facts blanketed by mythology) and such.
When you get your answer, please keep a very open mind about what you're reading, and how you view it; you'll find similar stories in the bible already told in old accounts that happened thousands of years ago. E.g: the flood already happened, the exact same way, in the I believe the Mayan times.

Answer 8

Ecclesiastical committee meetings in the Byzantine Empire. There are many versions of the Judeo-Christian bible -- including books/excluding books, including lines/excluding lines, mistranslations and outright fakery.

Answer 9

First bible is to be interpetd as libray!

There were many scrols and letters writen.

http://www.gotquestions.org/Constantine-Bible.html

Emperor Constantine played in the Council of Nicea
about the year 325 AD

Answer 10

The holy emperor Constantine took a poll amongst the chief priests and they decided what to put into the bible ..
Constantine then had a couple dozen made and they became the standard to this day...