How many books are missing from the bible?

Question

How many books where taken out or should I say left out of the Bible and why?

Answer 1

to say they are "missing" from the Bible or "taken out" is misleading. If we put in every book that was ever written in that time period, the Bible would be a mile long. Many books were not added into the Bible because they did not meet the criteria, all of which I cannot remember off the top of my head. One of the criteria was that the councils who met to discuss which books would be added in must deem it inspired by God. Many books were deemed uninspired, even if they were good books, so they were left out.

edit: Okay, I found the criteria for the NT canon:
1. Apostolic Origin — attributed to and based on the preaching/teaching of the first-generation apostles (or their close companions).

2. Universal Acceptance — acknowledged by all major Christian communities in the ancient world (by the end of the fourth century). --This fits into the inspired part I was talking about.

3. Liturgical Use — read publicly when early Christian communities gathered for the Lord's Supper (their weekly worship services).

4l. Consistent Message — containing a theological outlook similar or complementary to other accepted Christian writings

Answer 2

To ask how many are missing is a prejudicial question. You are implying that some are missing. To answer your question directly: none.

It is a somewhat widely held misconception that the council arbitrarily picked certain books that served their ends. That's not even a sensible assumption. Why would Christians at large, throughout the known world, go along with this. The church's authority at that point was not that great. Later on, it became more powerful, yes, but not at that point.

If you would do a little research, reading relatively unbiased history books, you could learn that the books of the Bible (New Testament at this point), the new books to be included, were circulated widely, via hand written copies, throughout the world (the known world of that time). Thousands read these documents, and the individual documents either gained or lost in reputation as inspired or not or doubtful.

The council was not some all powerful dictatorial body of few politically motivated individuals that force-fed the populace those books it chose. No. For the most part, it merely sanctioned, gave their approval, to those books already commonly accepted among believers of the time as the inspired ones.

Why were some left out?. Well, it would have been idiotic to include all available documents. Some of them were forgeries, to mention one problem. Others were of obviously poor quality, not only in content but also in language, and thus blatantly, obviously not worthy of inclusion.

Answer 3

For those that say the Bible is ALL there is and THERE IS NO MORE.
These are scriptures that show that is NOT TRUE. There are other books, so that would also mean that those that use Deut 2:4 and Rev 22:18-19 would be wrong. Those verses apply STRICTLY TO THOSE BOOKS. NOT THE SCRIPTURES AS A WHOLE. If these books were to be found MOST of those people would also say that THEY ARE FALSE BOOKS BECAUSE OF THOSE 23 VERSES. So now they can look for themselves and then tell me THE BIBLE IS ALL THERE IS.

SCRIPTURES, LOST
Ex. 24: 7
took the book of the covenant.
Num. 21: 14
book of the wars of the Lord.
Josh. 10: 13
(2 Sam. 1: 18) book of Jasher.

1 Sam. 10: 25
Samuel . . . wrote it in a book.
1 Kgs. 11: 41
book of the acts of Solomon.
1 Chr. 29: 29
book of Samuel the seer.
2 Chr. 9: 29
book of Nathan the prophet.
2 Chr. 12: 15
book of Shemaiah the prophet.
2 Chr. 13: 22
acts of Abijah . . . in the story of the prophet Iddo.
2 Chr. 20: 34
book of Jehu.
2 Chr. 33: 19
written among the sayings of the seers.
Matt. 2: 23
spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
1 Cor. 5: 9
I wrote unto you in an epistle.
Eph. 3: 3
as I wrote afore in few words.
Col. 4: 16
read the epistle from Laodicea.
CHRONICLES
CHAPTER 26
22 Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, awrite.

The so-called lost books of the Bible are those documents that are mentioned in the Bible in such a way that it is evident they are considered authentic and valuable, but that are not found in the Bible today. Sometimes called missing scripture, they consist of at least the following: book of the Wars of the Lord (Num. 21: 14); book of Jasher (Josh. 10: 13; 2 Sam. 1: 18); book of the acts of Solomon (1 Kgs. 11: 41); book of Samuel the seer (1 Chr. 29: 29); book of Gad the seer (1 Chr. 29: 29); book of Nathan the prophet (1 Chr. 29: 29; 2 Chr. 9: 29); prophecy of Ahijah (2 Chr. 9: 29); visions of Iddo the seer (2 Chr. 9: 29; 2 Chr. 12: 15; 2 Chr. 13: 22); book of Shemaiah (2 Chr. 12: 15); book of Jehu (2 Chr. 20: 34); sayings of the seers (2 Chr. 33: 19); an epistle of Paul to the Corinthians, earlier than our present 1 Corinthians (1 Cor. 5: 9); possibly an earlier epistle to the Ephesians (Eph. 3: 3); an epistle to the Church at Laodicea (Col. 4: 16); and some prophecies of Enoch, known to Jude (Jude 1: 14). To these rather clear references to inspired writings other than our current Bible may be added another list that has allusions to writings that may or may not be contained within our present text, but may perhaps be known by a different title; for example, the book of the covenant (Ex. 24: 7), which may or may not be included in the current book of Exodus; the manner of the kingdom, written by Samuel (1 Sam. 10: 25); the rest of the acts of Uzziah written by Isaiah (2 Chr. 26: 22).

The foregoing items attest to the fact that our present Bible does not contain all of the word of the Lord that he gave to his people in former times, and remind us that the Bible, in its present form, is rather incomplete.

Matthew’s reference to a prophecy that Jesus would be a Nazarene (Matt. 2: 23) is interesting when it is considered that our present O.T. seems to have no statement as such. There is a possibility, however, that Matthew alluded to Isaiah 11: 1, which prophesies of the Messiah as a Branch from the root of Jesse, the father of David. The Hebrew word for branch in this case is netzer, the source word of Nazarene and Nazareth. Additional references to the Branch as the Savior and Messiah are found in Jer. 23: 5; Jer. 33: 15; Zech. 3: 8; Zech. 6: 12; these use a synonymous Hebrew word for branch, tzemakh.

The following verses will also explain why there is nNO UNITY in the beliefs of the different denominations.
These are talking about the EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHE, So any that say they have been around since the days of Christ would also be wrong.

ISAIAH 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the cordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

AMOS 8:11 ¶ Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:

2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

Answer 4

That is a question that nobody knows, YES the bible we have today is not complete but if you look at other world religions you can piece together the truth ( Judism, Christanity, and Islam ).
HITAN ( DEMOCRACY IN HEAVEN ) - all religions are right so now decide which is right for you

Answer 5

I forget the exact number, but they were not put in for a good reason, so don't think your missing part of the truth or anything. They were not used becuase they were considered not divinely inspired and possibly even heretical. You have the whole truth in the Holy Bible

Answer 6

I know one that was blatantly shoved aside was the Gospel of Mary of Magdalene.
The diciples were jealous because Mary was closer to Jesus than all the others. After all, he appeard to her first, and she was a close friend.
They didn't like that.
That is one reason she is portrayed as a whore, even though she really wasn't.

Answer 7

There are many books that's missing from the bible today. I remember my Great grandmother had a bible back in the 60's that was a very big Bible. It tell you the time satan was put on earth and told you about the gaints back then and how David destoyed the gaint. had the word black people's in it, Where today they had taking out and they still taking out things from the bible. God said the devil was gonna miss lead you. and they are today. You don't know the real truth that was in the Bible back then. king James destroyed many pagers he didn't want us to see. If god got mad at things they was doing to people then. So you don't know if jesus felt the same way. Maybe they kill jesus because he was a blackman and had power over people. And they didn't like him because maybe he had a strong followers that worship him as a piece maker. You don't know the real reason why they kill him. The same thing they are doing to Blacks to probably what they did to blacks that rude the earth back then. Think about that.

Answer 8

Please read my blog on Mary Magdalen.

Pope Gregory is primarily responsible for twisting the bible we have today, though he was not the first.

I know of the gospels of Mary M, Phillip, Thomas, and Judas.

Answer 9

there were originally 40 gospels and 4 made it, the church chose these books for a purpose to use for their supreme power over the commoner as we see today

Answer 10

Hundreds.