How many books were left out of the Holy Bible on account of the Catholic church and how many others were?

Question

left out cuz other persons that we know of?

Answer 1

The Holy Spirit guided the early Church to select which writings would become the New Testament.

There were dozens of writings that were not selected. Many of which have been lost in antiquity. Some, like the recent Gospel of Judas written by the heretical Gnostics, raise their heads once in a while.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The people who got together and put the King James Bible together had a few basic rules. One of the key rules was that any book that was not referenced by at least one other book of the Bible, was suspect and would be checked out completely before being added or left out.

You have to consider this point also. These people were doing the will of God and began each session with prayer.
IF God didn't have a hand in this endeavor, then the Bible could have been torn apart, disproved, left gaps in it that mankind could prove that it was flawed. If that would or could have happened, then Christians world wide, would not have a leg to stand on so to speak.

These were called the Apocrypha and were not a part of the old testaments or the early church. Most scholars study them only because of the light it shines on the life and thoughts of pre Christian Judaism.

The Bible has withstood the test of time, man and Satan. So, that is why many Christians hold it as the authentic word of God. I attended a study group where one of the left out books was discussed and it was like reading a letter home from someone. It didn't have any historical value or added value to the existing books of the Bible.

Answer 3

The bible originally has 66 books. Catholics added others: out of 15 listed, 3 are not included in their bible:

1. The First Book of Esdras (also known as Third Esdras)
2. The Second Book of Esdras (also known as Fourth Esdras)
3. Tobit
4. Judith
5. The Additions to the Book of Esther
6. The Wisdom of Solomon
7. Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach
8. Baruch
9. The Letter of Jeremiah (This letter is sometimes incorporated as the last chapter of Baruch. When this is done the number of books is fourteen instead of fifteen.)
10. The Prayer of Azariah and the Song of the Three Young Men
11. Susanna
12. Bel and the Dragon
13. The Prayer of Manasseh
14. The First Book of Maccabees
15. The Second Book of Maccabees

Answer 4

The books that are in the Bible aren't meant to be there, destined by God.

However, to look at it from a historical point of view, no one really knows because during the Council of Nicaea, when Constantine, along with a council was going through gospels and accounts, a lot of them were not mentioned to the public. Rather, they were kept secret and are still in the Vatican vault, in the Vatican city.

We know, based on the common agreement in most scripture, that hte disciples were all baptized in the Holy Spirit, it is this Holy Spirit that gave people the power, wisdom, and remembrance to write scripture. It is through divine inspiration that resulted in exact and intentional words of God, that we get the Bible. Any thing that contradicted the books that were thought and agreed to be written by a disciple or apostle were thrown out. Therefore we know that anything that disagrees with it, would be wrong, on any point. Any verse that disagreed with the proven text that came from those that were around Jesus while on earth, the entire book that it was in was invalidated.


So there could have been 5 books, or 500 books. No one really knows. We know of a few Gnostic writings, writings that we found after the Council convened, but because they were not found earlier, then we can conclude that they were not meant to be included.

Answer 5

i don't know about the catholic Church leaving out books but the canonization of the bible left out various books because it did not meet the criteria for being included into the bible these criteria are: has to be proven to be of divine inspiration, proven to be handed down by the apostolic fathers, and it must be universally accepted. also here's a thought the bible teaches us in the gospel of john that if every thing that Christ has done was included in the bible that it would fill the world many times over. that being said god only revealed to us what we needed to know. because as mortal beings we barely understand things of a physical nature how can we truly understand things of god. so this is why we get the reader's digest version.for example you do not have to know how the engine of a car works to drive one you just need to know how to go, stop ,and turn.

Answer 6

Most of the books that are considered a part of the Apocrypha, that is, those book written between the last book of the old Testament and the New Testament, had already been dismissed by Jewish scholars, because they were not canonical. This was long before the Catholic church was even formed.

The books concerning the life of Jesus were also dismissed as not being canonical, for a variety of reasons. Some Christians, such as those in Africa, still use some as gospel.

Answer 7

Umm is it me or does the words suspension to reason come to mind? What is this? The bible is God's word? NONSENSE! You ALL do realize that the canonical gospels and epistles in the bible were chosen by an unpartisan assembly of bishops of the west with none from the east (many were forced to sign it, it have been proven by testimony some time after), by the will of Constantine who was a sun worshipper even on his death bed. All seeking to fulfill his agenda by making Christianity a state religion and thus changing the face of the theology to support his motives, but not to exclude the bishops of the west basically making a covenant with an emperor..

Before that time there were many scriptures, but ill tell you what they counted scripture in the church, Shepherd of Hermas (which is still in some of the oldest bibles), and Clementine Homilies. It has to be understood that during tis period they read a vast number of scriptures, those who were lucky in the gentile churches got to see the Hebrew/ebonite gospel (the true one), only the prominent figures got to see that and they spoke of it.

There are vast numbers of books that are left out, it is sort of impossible to name them all accurately. But what I can say for certainly, by the church fathers quotations Shepherd of Hermas was counted as scripture and Clementine Homilies, as well as others, but these 2 are a certainty prior to the assembly at Nicea and the genocide to follow to those who wouldn't adhere to the new Christianity created in the 4th century.

Anyways, to those who don't obviously have an knowledge of the history, the bible ITSELF wasn't made until 1500 years after Jesus death. Besides clearly the bible itself says the word is within you.

Answer 8

Shalom,

Roman rulers used selective scriptures to corrupt and to form their state religion. All other scriptures were either destroyed or locked away because by their nature they couldn't be corrupted as easily. Before the Roman Catholic church bastardized the religion, there was no *Holy Bible*.

Rather people just read sets of scriptures, so to say that God made the bible or its his word alone is great error and ignorance. Because there are many scriptures that the common man has yet to read and many of those scriptures were held in high regards then. If you want to read scriptures that were not put in the bible because it didn't fit into the Romans paganisitc beliefs then check out the Gospel of Thomas, Nag Hammadi library and the Dead Sea Scrolls. Those are some scriptures in their purest form.

Peace

Aza

Answer 9

John 21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.

We have all we need in what is written in the Holy Bible, to know what God would have us do, and how we can have life forever by his Son Jesus Christ!!!

Answer 10

Oh one of my favorite things.. the "lost books of the bible"

Actually (and hold on to your hat) there is about 30 books not put in the bible. These books are called Pseudepigrapha, and hense not put in the "holy bible" They are called that because they were thought to be untrue. The first book of Adam and Eve (one of the lost books) contains the first telling of the coming of Christ. The texts were written long before Christ came. Then again they were still considered false by MAN who decided to keep them from the Bible..

You should be prepared to be hit by people who say there is no book left out of the bible! That (even though the book has been written, translated many times, picked over, printed, and published by the hands of man) the the bible is perfect.

I think there is no harm in finding out for oneself..

The Lost and Forgotten books are:
* The Gospel of the Birth of Mary
* The Protevangelion
* The Gospel of the Infancy of Jesus Christ
* The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
* The Epistles of Jesus Christ and Abgarus King of Edessa
* The Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate)
* The Apostles' Creed (throughout history)
* The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Laodiceans
* The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Seneca, with Seneca's to Paul
* The Acts of Paul and Thecla
* The Epistles of Clement (The First and Second Epistles of Clement to the Corinthians)
* The Epistle of Barnabas
* The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians
* The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians
* The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians
* The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans
* The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philidelphians
* The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrneans
* The Epistle of Ignatius to Polycarp
* The Shepherd of Hermas (Visions, Commands, and Similitudes)
* Letter of Herod To Pilate the Governor
* Letter of Pilate to Herod
* The Lost Gospel of Peter
* The Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
* The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan (The First and Second Book of Adam and Eve)
* The Secrets of Enoch
* The Psalms of Solomon
* The Odes of Solomon
* The Letter of Aristeas
* The Fourth Book of Maccabees
* The Story of Ahikar
* Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

I hope this helps..

*blessings*