Catholics and the bible?

Question

I have TWO questions:

1. Did Catholics really write the bible?

2. Why are some books (Judith, Wisdom, and others) that are in the Catholic bible aren't in other bibles?

Thanks!

Oops.. sorry, I meant to ask if Catholics wrote the New Testament, not the Old Testament (which they obviously didn't)

Answer 1

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The last book of the New Testament was written in the mid-90s.

About ten years later (107 AD) the term “Catholic Church” first appears in the Letter of St. Ignatius of Antioch to the Smyrnaeans:

"Wherever the bishop appear, there let the multitude be; even as wherever Christ Jesus is, there is the Catholic Church."

http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/ignatius-smyrnaeans-hoole.html

We don't know how long the term had been in use verbally before it was finally written down.

The early Church was the home of the Spirit-filled authors of the New Testament and in less that a generation was called the "Catholic Church."

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The New Testament canon of the Catholic Bible and the Protestant Bible are the same with 27 Books.

The difference in the Old Testaments actually goes back to the time before and during Christ’s life. At this time, there was no official Jewish canon of scripture.

The Jews in Egypt translated their choices of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek in the second century before Christ. This translation of 46 books, called the Septuagint, had wide use in the Roman world because most Jews lived far from Palestine in Greek cities. Many of these Jews spoke only Greek.

The early Christian Church was born into this world. The Church, with its bilingual Jews and more and more Greek-speaking Gentiles, used the books of the Septuagint as its Bible. Remember the early Christians were just writing the documents what would become the New Testament.

After the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, with increasing persecution from the Romans and competition from the fledgling Christian Church, the Jewish leaders came together and declared its official canon of Scripture, eliminating seven books from the Septuagint.

The books removed were Tobit, Judith, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Wisdom (of Solomon), Sirach, and Baruch. Parts of existing books were also removed including Psalm 151 (from Psalms), parts of the Book of Esther, Susanna (from Daniel as chapter 13), and Bel and the Dragon (from Daniel as chapter 14).

The Christian Church did not follow suit but kept all the books in the Septuagint. 46 + 27 = 73 Books total.

1500 years later, Protestants decided to keep the Catholic New Testament but change its Old Testament from the Catholic canon to the Jewish canon. The books they dropped are sometimes called the Apocrypha.

Here is a Catholic Bible website: http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/

+ With love in Christ.

Answer 2

The answer to your first question is simple. There was only one Church in the beginning, denominationalism did not exist. So, the only Christian to do the writing were Catholics. That's simple history.

On your second question, that's a good question. A more important question would be why did the followers of the Reformation eventually pull those books out of the Cannon of the Bible? The first edition of the King James included all of the books of the Bible. Catholics have been using the same Cannon since pretty much the end of the 4th century. So the point is that Catholic Bibles don't have extra books in them, rather, Protestant Bibles are lacking.

Answer 3

quite, you opt on to regulate your wording only a touch: Hebrew Bible Roman Catholic Bible Protestant Bible The Jewish scholars complete the version of the Hebrew Bible in about the 0.33 century. That textual content is blanketed in both the RC and Prot. Bible. The order of the books is diverse, because of underlying assumptions. The Christian Bible (the recent testomony) wasn't extremely nailed down till very nearly the 10th century or so. After that, it grow to be locked in. This grow to be finished in a chain of Church Councils. this textual content is an same in both the RC and Prot. Bible, and the former testomony is exceptionally a lot a similar in both of those Bibles, except that the order should be slightly diverse. the in hardship-free words massive difference between the RC and Prot. Bibles is the presence of the Apocrypha -- numerous books that were unknown in Hebrew, yet were blanketed automatically in Greek language translations of the former testomony that were in properly-known use around the time of the early Church. That Greek translation of the former testomony (pronounced as the Septuagint) grow to be so properly-known (maximum Jews did not on the instantaneous bear in ideas a thanks to speak or examine Hebrew anymore) that whenever you hit upon the former testomony quoted contained in the recent testomony, that is continuously the Septuagint textual content they're quoting.

Answer 4

>>Did Catholics really write the bible?<<

Only the NT books.

>>Why are some books (Judith, Wisdom, and others) that are in the Catholic bible aren't in other bibles?<<

Because when the Church was very young, the body of scripture available at the time was the Septuagint, so that is what the Church used (see the links for more info).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_canon#Early_Christianity_of_the_first_three_centuries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint

Answer 5

No, Catholics didn't write the Bible, the men who wrote it were all Jewish.
Judith, Wisdom, etc. are not relevant at all to the gospel or anything that the Bible says. The Catholics are in a league of their own.

Answer 6

The 66 books in the Protestant bible written by many ancient writers (none catholic) were canonized in the olden days. A council of reputable christians weighed each book to meet standards of being the inspired word of God breathed into man. The books left out like maccabees don't point you to your need for christ or relationship with God or there is questionable or conflicting theology that veers from the books that have been documented an corroborated with multiple ancient manuscripts.

Answer 7

Christ did not say, "Sit down and write Bibles and scatter them over the earth, and let every man read his Bible and judge for himself." If Christ had said that, there would never have been a Christianity on the earth at all, but a Babylon and confusion instead, and never one Church, the union of one body. Hence, Christ never said to His Apostles, "Go and write Bibles and distribute them, and let everyone judge for himself." That injunction was reserved for the Sixteenth Century, and we have seen the result of it. Ever since the Sixteenth Century there have been springing up religion upon religion, and churches upon churches, all fighting and quarreling with one another, and all because of the private interpretation of the Bible.


One cannot have God for his Father, who will not have the Church for his Mother, and likewise, one cannot have the Word of God for his faith who will not have the Church for his teacher. It is the infallible teaching authority of the Church, as promised by Christ, which alone preserves God's Word from erroneous interpretation.

It is Divine Faith alone by which we give honor and glory to God, by which we adore His infinite wisdom and veracity. That adoration and worship is necessary for salvation.

Answer 8

1. Catholics did not write the Bible; they just compiled it.
2. As for Wisdom, Tobit, Judith, etc. they should be part of the Bible. Check sources that are not Catholic or Protestant; the Dead Sea Scrolls include them.

Answer 9

I will grant you that the Catholic Church shares a large number of Biblical beliefs with evangelical Christianity: the inerrancy of the Bible, the Trinitarian nature of God, the virgin birth and deity of Jesus Christ, as well as His crucifixion and resurrection. In fact, we have no doubt that there are a number of born-again Christians within the Catholic Church. These Christians properly understand the biblical doctrine of salvation, and have developed a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. However, many of the official doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church are either un-Biblical or extra-Biblical. In fact, the Catholics use a different Bible than Protestants. Their Bible has more books within it, which accounts for some of the differences in Catholic doctrines. Furthermore, the Catholic Church has traditionally held that salvation can be attained only through observance of their sacraments. Therefore, they have set themselves apart as the only true church, and we must contend for the faith.

You ask, “Many different denominations share different interpretations of scripture. So aren’t you just splitting hairs here?” The answer is “no”, and here’s why. The differences here are not based on whether one should be baptized by immersion or by sprinkling, and they are more important than whether there will be a pre-tribulation rapture or a post-tribulation rapture. The differences here have to do with the most fundamental and foundational Christian doctrine – salvation. Within Catholicism, the definitions related to salvation are different, and salvation is based on works. Because of this, Catholics do not believe that anyone can be assured of their salvation. This is incredibly sad and distressing!!

Answer 10

No Catholics didn't write the Bible. (At least not much of it). There were no "Catholics" until about 400 A.D. and Scriptures were pretty much written by then. The Catholics were in charge of a large meeting that decided which books to "canonize" (to consider as "Scripture". The the "Catholics" added the "apocrypha" Which if you read it you will probably see why the rest of us don't accept it. Churchianity is a pagan religion. It believes in earning your way to heaven. YHVH is very clear. He is the only one who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean thing. He set aside a special day for rest and worship-- the Seventh day (the one most folks call "Saturday") I suggest you try to please Him! He is the Judge!