The Catholic Bible has books the Protestant one does not. Tobit, Maccabees, Sirach and a few others, are in the Catholic Bibile. They weren't included in the Protestant Bible because the Protestants felt the books that were part of the Jewish Torah were all that were necessary. Most historians and scholars now agree all the books are good to read.
If you are refering to the 80+ books refrenced in The DaVinci Code, good luck finding them, since nearly all are non-existant. The gospel of Mary Magdalene is real, and was not written by her. The Gospel of Thomas was also writtne 200+years after the crucifixion. Most people doubt The Gospel of Judas exists, since one man has seen it and can't produce it. The Gospel of Jesus was not written by him, and was also not written at the time of his life. There are tons of books detailing why these books weren't included. It had NOTHING to do with shutting out certain opinions.
2006-12-01 03:39:45
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answered by teeney1116 5
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There are no missing books in the Bible.
There were many,many other books and writings of the time, but they are not 'missing books of the Bible.' There are other writings referenced to in the Bible, i.e. book of Nathan the prophet, book of Jehu the prophet. There are also New Testament references to other letters written by Paul (in 1 Corinthians Paul mentions a previous letter he wrote to them, and a letter to another church he mentions other letters).
These other writings are not included in the Bible because they were not written through the inspiration (breathing) of the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:21
2006-12-01 03:56:37
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answered by hey you 1
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It doesn't matter. If God wanted those "missing" books, then He would have seen to it that they were found and included.
But, to salve your curiosity, research declares that there were 4 letters from the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians, but only two letter were found.
Perhaps you are thinking of the fiction book The DaVinci Code. Listen, there were other books written, but they weren't written until close to 300 years after Christ walked.
A requirement for a book to be included is it had to be written by someone who actually witnessed Christ while He was on earth -- first person. All the NT books are written by men who were actually there -- first person. Paul witnessed it, although he was an enemy at the time. Any other book written after, by people who weren't there (Agnostics), is not accurate, because they are speculative and considered "hearsay".
2006-12-01 03:36:32
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answered by Dianne C 3
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The entire list is below....
(Note that as there are none, the list is very very short)
There have been hundreds of books written about God or Jesus over the centuries. Take for example Dan Brown's "DaVinci Code". Popular book that has sold millions of copies. But no one what seriously think of including it in the next printing of the Bible.
We know that it was not written until hundreds of years after the facts. The characters in it are not real. The entire work is intended to be a work of fiction.
There are other books similar to that throughout history. But they have not been included in the Bible for the same reason that Brown's book is not. They are works of fiction.
The four gospels that are included in the Bible, for instance, are all quoted by early church leaders as scripture within 20-30 years of their being authored. Collections of the four gospels date back to within 80 years of the time of Christ. Church leaders write of those four as the only gospels earlier than that.
Other gospels have appeared, but none of them have ever been quoted by a single church leader as scripture. None of them have been used to create a single one of the songs. litergies, rituals or prayers developed within the first hundred years of the Christians faith. What does exist is very records over the years stating that a new fake gospel as appeared, and warning people away from it. (Much the way people are being warned about the DaVinci Code today by some churches).
If you want to read some of those books, they are available in several places on the Internet. (They are so "Lost" and "Hidden" and "Supressed" that they have been available in libraries for thousands of years for anyone who wanted to read them). They give you some interesting insight into what people at the time they were written believed (or where trying to get others to believe.)
You will also find then to be full of non-existence people, often totally wrong in their historical settings (Jesus was tutored by Socrates, Plato, Alexander the Great and Tyro - who live over a spread of 900 years, three having died before the time of Jesus and the last not being born until 400 years later). They are full of innaccuraties about the customes and society that they are set in (Jewish eating pork, Romans practicing polygamy) and totally disagreeing with the doctines taught in the Bible.
There are no missing books from the Bible. There are lots of fictional works about God or Jesus that have no place in the Bible and were never intended to be part of it.
2006-12-01 03:39:44
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answered by dewcoons 7
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There are no missing books of the Bible. There are many books on the market today written my men to make money and to try and disprove God's Word. Psalms 12: 6 The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Psalms 12: 7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
2006-12-01 03:32:56
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answered by Ray W 6
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Book of Jashar
Acts of Gad the Seer
Acts of Solomon
The Book of the Wars of Yahweh
The Chronicles of the Kings of Israel
The Chronicles of the Kings of Judah
Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah
Acts of Samuel the Seer
Acts of Nathan the Prophet
Prophesy of Ahijah the Shilonite
Visions of Iddo the Seer
Acts of Shemaiah the Prophet and Iddo the Seer
Acts of Jehu Son of Hanani
Acts of the Seers
Midrash of the Prophet Iddo
Midrash on the Book of Kings
Book by the prophet Isaiah
Vision of Isaiah the prophet
Book of the Covenant
Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia
Book by Samuel
Laments for Josiah
Chronicles of King David
Paul’s letter to the Laodiceans
2006-12-01 03:37:55
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answered by epbr123 5
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It's hard to remember them all, as more books were not chosen than were, but look up the Apocrypha and the Gnostic Gospels for a few.
2006-12-01 03:30:31
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answered by Gothic Shadow 3
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Gospel of Mary Magdeline, Gospel of St. Peter
2006-12-01 03:30:11
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answered by vlalto 3
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I'll say it again, if they;re missing, they're not in the Bible! They were not suppresed so much as simply never accepted. In fact, early apologists wrote against them.
2006-12-01 03:36:24
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answered by edward_lmb 4
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There are no missing books- Don't let the world deceive you.
2006-12-01 03:38:12
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answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6
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