When the Bible was made up in the 2nd-3rd centuries CE why were certain books omitted?

Answer 1

Many of the books omitted didn't fit into the story line the church fathers wanted to tell.

Answer 2

Time Period of Bible

The time span for the writing of the Bible covers approximately fifteen-hundred years.

Old Testament (1445—400 B. C.)

Genesis (1445), Exodus (1445), Leviticus (1445), Numbers (1405), Deuteronomy (1405), Joshua (1405—1385), Judges (1043), Ruth (1000), 1 and 2 Samuel (1000—900), 1 and 2 Kings (561—538), 1 and 2 Chronicles , 450—430), Ezra (457—444), Nehemiah (425), Esther (475), Job (lived in patriarchal times), Psalms (1450—500), Proverbs (950), Ecclesiastes (931), Song of Solomon (960), Isaiah (740), Jeremiah (561), Lamentations (586) ,Ezekiel (570), Daniel (536), Hosea (750), Joel (830), Amos (760), Obadiah (845), Jonah (780), Micah (735), Nahum (661—612), Habakkuk (609),, Zephaniah (635), Haggai (520), Zechariah (520—518), Malachi (430),

New Testament (A. D. 50—100)

Matthew (50), Mark (50), Luke (60-61), John (80-90), Acts (63), Romans (56), 1 Corinthians (54-55), 2 , orinthians (55-56), Galatians (48), Ephesians (61), Philippians (62), Colossians (61), 1 Thessalonians (51), 2 , hessalonians (51), 1 Timothy (62), 2 Timothy (64), Titus (63), Philemon (61), Hebrews (65), James (45), 1 ,Peter (65), 2 Peter (67), 1 John (85), 2 John (90), 3 John (90), Jude (70), Revelation (95).

PLUS concerning the Bringing together of the bible manuscripts see this site
http://www.bible-researcher.com/canon.html

Answer 3

It became clear that there were too many "first hand" accounts that contradicted each other. Some of the books were far fetched and included miracles that seemed highly unlikely. A great example of this is; The Second Treatise of the Great Seth. In which Seth claims that Jesus didn't actually die, but Simon (the guy who offered to carry the cross for Jesus) was crucified by accident while Jesus looked on an laughed.

Basically, when the church was officially recognized by the Romans, it became necessary for the leaders to scale down the amount of texts available, so that the people wouldn't see as many inconsistencies, and so that they could control the belief system.

I suggest reading some of the apocryphal books as it will give you a better understanding of the make up of Christianity, plus they are a great read. Check out "Lost Scriptures: Books That Did Not Make It into the New Testament" by Bart D. Ehrman

Here are a list of books that didn't make the cut....

The Gospel of the Nazareans
- The Gospel of the Ebionites
- The Gospel According to the Hebrews
- The Gospel of the Egyptians
- The Coptic Gospel of Thomas
- Papyrus Egerton 2: the Unknown Gospel
- The Gospel of Peter
- The Gospel of Mary
- The Gospel of Philip
- The Gospel of Truth
- The Gospel of the Savior
- The Infancy Gospel of Thomas
- The Proto-Gospel of James
- The Epistle of the Apostles
- The Coptic Apocalypse of Peter
- The Second Treatise of the Great Seth
- The Secret Gospel of Mark
- Non-Canonical Acts of the Apostles
- The Acts of John
- The Acts of Paul
- The Acts of Thecla
- The Acts of Thomas
- The Acts of Peter
- Non-Canonical Epistles and Related Writings
- The Third Letter to the Corinthians
- The Correspondence Between Paul and Seneca
- Paul's Letter to the Laodiceans
- The Letter of 1 Clement
- The Letter of 2 Clement
- The “letter of Peter to James” and Its “reception”
- The Homilies of Clement
- Ptolemy's Letter to Flora
- The Treatise on the Resurrection
- The Didache
- The Letter of Barnabas
- The Preaching of Peter
- Pseudo-Titus
- Non-Canonical Apocalypses and Revelatory Treatises
- The Shepherdof Hermas
- The Apocalypse of Peter
- The Apocalypse of Paul
- The Secret Book of John
- On the Origin of the World
- The First Thought in Three Forms
- The Hymn of the Pearl
- Canonical Lists
- The Muratorian Canon
- The Canon of Origen of Alexandria
- The Canon of Eusebius
- The Canon of Athanasius of Alexandria
- The Canon of the Third Synod of Carthage

Answer 4

The Bible was not made up in print until the 1400s.
In the 4th century AD, the first united church (catholic) was established. All the bishops were using the writings as a teaching tool. When they met in Nicaea, All 300+ had to agree on which ones they would use, as a group. Then, Martin Luther decided that after the bible was in print and being used by catholics (who were at that time taking money and promising to buy people out of hell) omitted 7 books from the new protestant bible because he thought they were irrelevant.

Answer 5

In the early bible years, it was huge, and those studying it realized that a "thread" could be found running through all the significant books of the bible. Cross references to the same categories, as it were. Some of those books lacked the thread, and it was realized that they didn't conform to God's wishes or teachings.
A council was formed and called the Ecumenical Council.
They deliberated and discarded those books that were agreed on as "NOT FITTING' into the prospective of "threads"
In other words in their opinion some didn't look biblical. And got yanked.
Yes, they are still in print and many still believe in them.
From what I have personally read, there were some 30 books in all that got dropped.
Ask in your local book store if you really want to get confused.
All the books in our bible reflect on each other, and have been confirmed as accurate.
And don't let 16th century English throw you.

Answer 6

The goal of those who put the bible together was to water down the teachings of Jesus and make them more palatable to the roman empire.

The idea that Jesus taught about an unconditionally loving God was just to much for them to accept so only scripture that supported the idea of a judgmental, punishing God was allowed into the bible.

Anything that did not support the judgmental punishing God paradigm was excluded or purposely misinterpreted. The prodigal son parable is a good example of this. It was to well known to be ignored so the only thing left to do was misinterpret it. They decided to say that it was a story about forgiveness, even though if you read the actual words that Jesus used, it is clear that the father in the story never judged the sons actions in any way, so no forgiveness is called for.

Religion has tried to spin this parable as a story of forgiveness but if you actually read it with an open mind it is beyond obvious that the father in the story never judged the son in any way, so there was never anything to forgive. He was just overjoyed at his return.

Don't take my word for it. Read it your self and take Jesus' word.


Love and blessings Don

Answer 7

Read about the Council of Nicea. The Bible was written in the Apostles' lifetimes. Not 300 years later. The heretical books were not written by witnesses to the events were left out of the Bible, not removed.

Answer 8

Dear Friend

Gods word the Bible teaches us the following:

2 Timothy 3:16All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

The scriptures were given to their writers by Gods holy spirit, in the same way the contents of the Bible were so instructed by God

God Bless

Answer 9

No one decided what should be omitted. It was decided what should be included. They could have accepted every text available and made several volumes. But they only accepted those books that made the current religion viable.

Answer 10

All the books God intended to be in the bible are in it. Gods word is alive and have been preserved throughout the ages, people have died preserving it. If it had stuff that wasn't supposed to be in it people wouldn't feel so strongly about it. There may been other accounts of the life of Jesus, but they are not a part of the bible God wanted preserved.

Answer 11

The bible is the written word of the living God and he takes out of puts in whatever he wants to. Yeah, maybe he should have just changed the course of history instead huh. Ya know he can do that.