books of the bible...?

Question

if i were to write a new book, (note that genesis, matthew, luke, revelation are all books, not chapters), and have it go in harmony with the rest of the bible, claim that god inspired me to write it as a new addition to the bible, would you or would you not take it seriously? if not, why not? why would you choose mine to be false and another persons to be right?

if you say "because paul wrote that cursed is he who takes from or adds to the bible" - i will assume u know the bible wasnt constructed for years after paul wrote that.

sorry john wrote that. my mistake. good catch.

Answer 1

That is a very good question. I am not sure how I feel about adding to the Bible, but I do believe that God can inspire people today to write. I believe that many books have been inspired by God. Honestly, I don't know of much personally that the bible has left out. It pretty much answers it all if you have an honest relationship with God. If you are someone who doesn't believe in the Bible and pick it up and read it, then yes, it would seem like there is a lot unsaid.
I guess to me, we would need to go back to the time the Bible was put together and see what the criteria was and see how they decided, and kida go from there. This is a very good question and now that I think about it, I am not sure how much help I have been at even answering it :O) Sorry :O) God bless.

Answer 2

I would take what you wrote seriously, but not as the canon of scripture. There are three catagories that make the books in the Bible acceptable.

First is their antiquity: Can such materials be traced back to either the prophets or disciples?

Second is there acceptance and traditional use of them by the general population: Can such material be found in use by the wider Church? This precludes the idea that only individual bishops created and decided what goes into the canon (rule or standards) of Scripture.

Third is its Orthodoxy: Does the material contain correct teaching set forth by the prophets of Old Testament and the fulfilled teachings of Christ Himself. In short, does it coincide with revelation?

There are many other texts that have been written and the authors claim inspiration for them all, but their orthodoxy was in question as it was either too unclear as to what it was revealing or it contradicted what was revealed.
Finally, there can be no more revelation. All that is revealed has been done already when God took on human flesh. Jesus is the full revelation. And so, any other writing after the canon of Scriptures (completed in the Council of Hippo) would be superfulous. And so, your writings would be of something to take note and may even lend some insight, yet it would only repeat what was already revealed within the collected books of the Bible.
May the Lord bless and keep you. May He let the light of His face shine upon you.
God's and your beast of burden
Fr. john

Answer 3

Actually the Catholic Church didn't finalize their Bible until 1546 during the Council of Trent. Protestants refused to accept the Apocrypha because it contained books that were not written in Hebrew, the only language God sent scripture in. The Catholic's Old Testament is from the Greek language and has additional books that could not have came from God because He did not send scripture in Greek.

Even the 5th century Bible scholar Jerome doubted these books and he called them the Apocrypha which means writings or statements of dubious authenticity. The King James and Catholic versions of the New Testament are the same but the Catholic Bible has books that are excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament.

Answer 4

Paul didn't write any such thing. Perhaps you are referring to John, who wrote that what he had recorded in what we call The Book of Revelation was complete, and was not to be added to. No-one in the First Century ever wrote anything about adding to the Bible, since they had no idea that there eventually would be a Christian Bible. The Catholic Church didn't finalize the Canon of Scripture until the end of the 4th Century. However, once that task was accomplished, the Canon was FINAL for all time, and nothing was to be added to it or removed from it. Nothing has been changed since then, except of course by Protestants, who have done both - added words and removed whole books.
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Answer 5

It happened a lot in the past. Just like the Quran was written based off the bible.Just remember the gospel of Mary and Judas were disregarded. They were written by man and not inspired, God had it planned out, what would be in the bible. I would like anybody attempt to write such a document. We know the bible is completed for the time that we live in.

Answer 6

Chippy, I could definitely believe that someone may have a post a book or an insight from God that should be shared. This happens all the time. Because I believe that God has plenty still to say for us, but at the same time, I don't think that what is being said today is to be reverered as Scripture. SO, I would not go as far as saying something someone wrote today should be added to the Bible. Does that make sense?

Answer 7

The bible has been what it is for Centuries, containing the same books over all this time. Someone comes around and decides to write another adding to the bible, how do YOU think people would react?? Would they take you seriously??

2 Timothy 3:16:"All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial for teaching, for reproving, for setting things straight, for disciplining in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work."

Can you prove your writings are inspired of god??? know what i mean?

Answer 8

Paul didnt write that John did in revelations , The canon of Scriptures is closed, A person can still write something that God put on his Heart but it would have to line up with the word of God

Answer 9

At the council of Nicea in A.D. 325, When it the leaders of the church discussed which writings were authoritative, and should be part of the New Testament, one of the criteria was, "Who wrote it?" Simply...they wouldn't know you.

I will NOT assume you know that other books which were in "harmony with the rest of the Bible" were considered, and although good writings were not included in the Bible. Books such as the Epistle of Barnabus and 1st Clement.

No! Your "new book" would not be taken seriously.

Answer 10

The Prophet Jeremiah references the lifetime of the Prophet Isaiah in his writings, each and every ebook beyond the Torah references the Torah, the starting of Exodus references parties that happened in Genesis, the pseudogryphical (falsely named) epistles attributed to Peter reference the Pauline epistles, and so on. You are right that it's not one steady ebook, however from the point of view of old evaluation the inconsistencies are themselves large as they supply context to the consistencies, as good as offering a framework for inferring the writers point of view. Perhaps you would uncover studying Jude and II Peter (frequently bankruptcy two) an fascinating enjoy: They are honestly the identical writing, with distinctive beginning and shutting boilerplate tagged at the ends and attributed to distinctive authors.