How was it chosen what books would be in the Bible? and who chose?

Question

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Answer 1

This article should help ...

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08341a.htm

Answer 2

The short answer is the Catholics decided in the 4th century (at the council of Rome). Then in the 1500s, Martin Luther edited several books out of the Bible to create the Protestant Bible.

Some of the books of the Bible were declared to be "The holy word of God" by Catholics in the first century. Other books were considered Holy Books -- but there was no official canon. In the 4th century, Pope Damasus I convened a council in Rome to determine which books were the Holy Word of God and which were not. Some were controversial. For example, Revelation was almost excluded. The Catholic Bible has remained unchanged since then.

Martin Luther disagreed with the Catholic Church and threw out several books of the Bible. These are known as The Apochrypha. In the mid-1500s, the Catholic Church held three councils at Trent to deal with what they viewed as the heresies of the Protestants. At that time, they reaffirmed the Catholic Canon -- keeping all of the books of the Bible that they declared were holy in the 4th century. many Protestants falsly believe that Catholics never had a set canon before this and added books to the list made by Martin Luther (see the person after me as an example of this). They are misinformed.

The Eastern Rites church have their own Bible. I believe that they include all of the books that are in the Roman Catholic Bible -- but also include more.

Muslims and Mormons have added their own books.

Answer 3

Most of the Old Testament was picked out by the Jewish folk way back before Jesus. There are a few books that Catholics include, which were discarded by the Jews for being non-canonical.

The New Testament is a long story, but basically each Christian religion has the same books in it. I'm sure many other answers will give you insight (or confusion) on the history of it. My suggestion is that you go to wikipedia.org and read it on your own :)

Answer 4

The canon was determined over several years. In order for a letter or Gospel to be considered, it had to have been written by or for an Apostle, it had to be used in a plurality of churches, and it had to conform to the faith practice in the churches.

There was some debate about James, Jude, and Hebrews for quite some time, and even as late as the 1500's, Martin Luther thought the church fathers shouldn't have included James.

Other supposed "gospels" such as Thomas, Barnabbas, Judas, etc, didn't pass muster, because they were written decades or centuries after the deaths of those they are named for. Further, they had doctrines that were contrary to the faith.

It was not (as some would like you to think) a conspiracy to consolidate power. The reason the books or letters that are in the New Testament are there is because they carry the weight of legitimacy. The others that aren't included, don't.

Contrary to what was written above me, Martin Luther did not edit out several books (known as the Apocrypha). These non-canonical books were added to the Roman Bible in 1545 by the Council of Trent, which met in retaliation to the Protestant reformation.

The Protestant church abandoned the Apocrypha because they aren't included in the Hebrew canon. Notice what Jesus says in Luke 24:44. "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you-that everything written about me in the law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms had to be fulfilled."

Notice that Jesus discussed the law, the prophets, and the psalms. In the Hebrew Bible (which Jesus would have used), there are twenty-two books, which are broken into those three sections. Another ancient witness to this fact is the first century Jewish historian, Flavius Josephus. In his writings, he speaks of the Hebrew Scriptures as having twenty-two books with the same three divisions as well. If you compared the Hebrew Scriptures to our Protestant Old Testament, you would see that the twenty-two books of the Hebrew Scriptures are equivalent to the thirty-nine books in the Protestant Old Testament.

Answer 5

Well after all the turmoil in Rome(mayrtering of the Christians) had ended a group of church leaders that truely went through the tough times came together and examined writings...long story short, each of the writings had to pass a number of tests(one criteria being that they had to be written by an apostle and be devinely inspired by God) and the bible as you know it is made of the books of the bibles that passed all the tests. hope this helps you ..God Bless. ( i cant garentee that this is all the info that u need so go to your church and ask your pastor for more of the details ....but all this is TOTALLY true and was from a Book written by thelogy professionals)

Answer 6

Believe it or not, it was actually a pretty political process. Around 325 AD, Emperor Constantine of the the Holy Roman or Byzantine Empire convened the first Council of Nicaea- which was responsible for setting up the religious dogma of the Roman Catholic faith. It was presided over by bishops of the church.

Imagine a bunch of old priests sitting around discussing whether Mary was a virgin or not, whether Jesus officially ascended to heaven, and whether he resurrected or not...this is quite literally what they were doing, along with assigning which of the apostolic writings were allowable into the official Bible.

Answer 7

With the King James Bible King James choose the books and what order with the help of some monks. It was first published in 1611.

Answer 8

They were chosen by a Roman emporer who at the end of Roman rule worldwide found a different way to control the world, and my goodness didn't he succeed. He took all the true litetrary works of the disciples and added, turned and twisted everything. Try and source info on the gnostic website and get a book called The Magdalene Legacy and it will lead you to other sources, truly mind opening.

Answer 9

please don't tell me what i can do.
you got some are really good answers, details and dates
All that written din boils down to::::
a bunch of old men,, financially rich and politically powerful and totally corrupt,, manipulating the peasants and working class. Most of whom are so ignorant and illiterate they need people like Michale Moore of today to influence the religious dictates.
Every one should know there are hundreds of books, gospels and simple letters, locked away in the Vatican and other religious libraries and museums. The Kremlin alone must have thousands collected from the nazis.

Answer 10

This is a very complex question. I found a great article with information on this topic:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbible1.html - This is a 5-part article from the Straight Dope, a column that is known for its thorough and impartial research.

Answer 11

The Council of Trent in 1545-1563

They choose the books that suited their purpose and discarded the rest.