Why weren't the gospels of Peter and Thomas included? Why doesn't the King James version have first and second Macabees?
2006-12-15 21:05:23 · 12 answers · asked by Zefram 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
the original canon was chosen at the Council of Nicea. This was not some secret meeting, you can do a search on yahoo and get the actual minutes from the meeting. The reason they came together was to dispute some falsehoods about the nature of Christ and they just so happened to agree upon what books were true and inspired by God and what books were blasphemy.
Now, the "lost" books of the Bible are also not secret, you can buy a copy in English of the supposed "lost" books on amazon.com or anywhere else. These texts were not included in the Bible because at the time they could not prove who had written them (the gospel of Mary and gospel of Peter have PROVEN to have NOT been written by Mary or Peter for example), or they were pure blasphemy (they didn't fit with the rest of the Word of God and taught a false gospel).
Nowadays we have only a few copies of these supposed "lost" books. But every year, we find more and more copies of the original canon, and with them we can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the texts they had then are same ones we are using now. Hence the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
2006-12-15 21:15:03 · answer #1 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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2016-09-03 15:54:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For what it's worth, the King James Bible originally DID contain 1 and 2 Maccabees and the other books of the apocrapha - they just don't get printed today because there's no market for it.
Peter and Thomas are influenced by Gnosticism and were not products of the Orthodox Christian community.
2006-12-16 06:33:47 · answer #3 · answered by wozzeck33 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In AD 330 The 66 books were chosen At a Council at Nicea?
I know the date is write but the city?
Anyway - these LOST books were deemed not authentic - although they sounded somewhat - and they lost the vote
do you believe Jesus as a child made doves from clay and blew life into them - nope - misuse of the power
2006-12-15 21:10:59 · answer #4 · answered by tomkat1528 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The gospel of Peter and Thomas may not be inspired by God. Indeed they may have been written with an intent to document the ministry of Jesus, but they may lack God's authorship. We call the books of the bible the Holy Scriptures, but if a man writes a book with good intent but without God's spirit-- how holy is that book?
2006-12-15 21:14:55 · answer #5 · answered by faithone 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
As time went on when after the death of Christ and than his apostles, Churches were formed and man on itself chose the books most fitting. So that means the true teachings of early Christianity were forsaken in a way?
2006-12-15 21:18:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
They all got rally drunk and all threw up on the books that they had. They were left no choice but to go with the ones that weren't messed up.
I will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
2006-12-15 21:21:22 · answer #7 · answered by Satan Lord of Flames 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were picked by uptight men who didn't think certain things were appropriate. Like Jesus making birds out of clay....
Look around you'll find them. Start with "The Lost Books of The Bible."
2006-12-15 21:12:24 · answer #8 · answered by catscratch 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
thay seem to have left mary out of it and she was in it a lot more so than that jesus bloke it might have changed things in the churches and stoped the ban on woman in the curches as bishops we might of have had a woman pope
2006-12-15 23:16:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The copyright for these is probably owned by Hollywood.
2006-12-15 21:07:12 · answer #10 · answered by Bladerunner (Dave) 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋