How the Catholic Church compiled their bible, decided to put the old testament and the new testament together, decided what books would be in it ...all around 300 AD-500AD....and translated it...
Why are Christians so ignorant or Christian history?
2006-12-23 12:15:54 · 33 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Ignorance is a requirement for fundamentalism of any kind and for biblical literalism in particular.
2006-12-23 12:17:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
The early Christian Church (not Roman Catholic) made a definitive list of canons (books) of the Bible at the Council of Trent (1545 - 1563). During the Protestant Revolution (aprox 50 years later) several reformers disagreed with the canons of the Old Testament.
"Thus, the Protestant Old Testament of today has a 39-book canon—the number varies from that of the books in the Tanakh (though not in content) because of a different method of division—while the Roman Catholic Church recognizes 46 books as part of the canonical Old Testament. The term “Hebrew Scriptures” is only synonymous with the Protestant Old Testament, not the Catholic, which contains the Hebrew Scriptures and additional texts." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible
Twently-seven books are the New Testament for both Catholics and Protestants. The writings of St. Jerome in 400 AD (in hindsight) are what IS today's New Testament.
Catholics believe in Christ, therefore we are Christians.
2006-12-23 13:05:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone's interested about this history, there are books that tell the truth. (Not "The Da Vinci Code"!) I found only today an offer to buy a book with gospels that existed with those of Luke, Marc, Matthew and John, but were not included in the bible.
I think it would be better to call the church who made the decision what should be in the bible and what not the christian church, not the catholic church. Many who hear the word catholic think automatically that at the same time exists a protestant church, and perhaps they also remember tat there is an orthodox church, too. But as you know, when the bible was fixed, the church was still united.
Many are ignorant in other respects, because too few like to read, and now we've got the internet as a source for informations, people don't search interesting things there, because they know if they have to know anything, they'll find it there.
2006-12-23 12:18:52 · answer #3 · answered by corleone 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am not ignorant of that information/history of where the bible came from...I have just picked up a bible with Apocrypha within it.
I also know that if certain book had been included within the bible the Christian faith would have been pulled in many directions and probably not have survived this long.
If you attend an Alpha Course that is run by most Churches they teach you about how the Bible came to us.
By the way when the Bible was put together there was no such church as the Catholic Church! It was only after the Reformation that the term 'Roman Catholic' & Protistant' came about
2006-12-24 04:27:19 · answer #4 · answered by Joolz of Salopia 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The origin of the English Bibles of today can be traced to a time when men, under the divine inspiration of God, first wrote the books of the Bible. This word of God was transmitted from generation to generation by handwritten copies and by word-of-mouth.
The key here is "Under the divine inspiration of God”. Do you not believe in God? You are becoming as a caveman in your thoughts because even the scientist are now convinced of Divine Inspiration. Do you really think your ancient ancestors were a pool of slime in a primeval ocean? For life to be created from nothing is incalculable because it never happened.
The Septuagint Version (285 BC) – This was a translation of the Old Testament Hebrew Scriptures into Greek. Probably done in Alexandria.
The Samaritan Pentateuch BC?) – A copy of the Hebrew text done in Samaritan characters.
The Peschito or Syriac (1st or 2nd Century AD) – A common language translation of the entire Bible used in parts of Syria.
The Codex Sinia us(330 AD) – A manuscript that contained the Greek Bible. It was purchased from Russia in 1933 by Great Britain and is now housed in the British Museum.
The Codex Vatican us (340 AD) – this manuscript is currently housed in the Vatican library in Rome. It originally contained the whole Bible, but parts have been lost.
The Vulgate (400 AD) – A Roman Catholic scholar in Bethlehem by the name of Jerome translated the entire Bible into Latin. This Bible became the standard in the Catholic church for well over 1,000 years.
The Codex Alexandrinus (425 AD) – This Bible is another Green translation. It is currently housed in the British museum, complete except 40 leaves.
2006-12-23 12:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm a Christian and I and my Christian friends all know about how the Bible was put together. So what point are you trying to make? Are you saying that it was men who chose what books would be in the Bible instead of believing that the Holy Spirit of God who moved the writers of the Scriptures also gave discernment to the people who would be in charge of the process of separating truth from error?
Are you trying to make some case for the establishment of the Roman Catholic church as an authority here on earth? Since you are so up on church and Bible history do you know the dates when the Catholic church divided between the Eastern Orthodox Catholic church and the Western Catholic church? Did you know that it wasn't until the time that Martin Luther tried to reform the western Catholic church and after having been excommunicated and setting up his own church in Germany that the western Catholic church took on the name of the "Roman" Catholic church? Did you know that it wasn't until 1965 that the Eastern Orthodox Catholic church and the Roman Catholic church made up for having excommunicated each other and consigning each other to hell back in the 11th century?
2006-12-23 12:25:06 · answer #6 · answered by Martin S 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
The Old Testament was put together by Jews some time in the BCs.
We still have most of the text in the original Hebrew and Greek, so people can still do translations off of them.
2006-12-23 12:52:38 · answer #7 · answered by tim 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First I would like to say that CHRISTIAN HISTORY is on going beyond the history in the Bible. Second, the word Christian means "believing in Christ" (Jesus Christ) that includes Catholics, Mormons and Jehovah's Witnesses and all other denominations that believe in the Son and Father theory. I would also like to add that most Christians are only interested in the history between Geneses and Revelation. They would be appalled to learn of the atrocities commited in History in the name of God (Jesus, Jehovah, Elohim, Emanual ect.)
2006-12-24 05:05:25 · answer #8 · answered by fal`lus 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is true.
It was the Catholic Church who put together the Bible and decided which books would go into it, under the authority of a Pope, the successor of Peter.
It didn't just fall out of the sky as many Protestant believe.
The Bible is the Church's daughter not its mother.
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2006-12-23 12:21:14 · answer #9 · answered by Catholic Philosopher 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Any information about the Bible is readily available to anyone. Frankly I think that Catholics and Protestants alike know very little about the origins of the Bible.
2006-12-23 12:38:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why are you so ignorant about Christians? Many Christians are very well aware of the origins of the bible, and the history of their church.
2006-12-23 12:20:35 · answer #11 · answered by Martin 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋