Who wrote the bible and who determines what part of the biible is true, and what part is not?

Answer 1

Hi Vicky, the Bible took an awful long time to be what it is now a nicely bound and printed book, it took many holy people centuries to do this, all the Jewish scrolls had to be studied by scholars and a Saint called Jerome finally translated all thse from ancient Greek into Latin around the year 360 AD, the Gospels which were written by the Apostles and helpers were also translated by Saint Jerome into Latin about the year 350 AD.
The Catholic church took many years of careful examination to determine what were the authentic and also what were the false scriptures, and gradually led to the Latin Vulgate Bible, which has been translated into many versions, which all have truth.

Answer 2

The Bible is a collection of writings from about forty contributors, thirty in the Old Testament and ten in the New Testament.

It was actually not until 367 AD that the church father Athanasius first provided the complete listing of the 66 books belonging to the canon.

The Old Testament. Obviously the first five books (sometimes called the Torah or the Pentateuch) were the first to be accepted as canonical. We're not sure when this occurred, but it was probably during the fifth century before Christ. It was probably the work of the prophets Ezra and Nehemiah that restored it to general use and fixed it once for all as authoritative.

How about the rest of the Old Testament? The prophets' writings were also not brought together in a single form until about 200 BC. The remaining Old Testament books were adopted as canonical even later. The Old Testament list was probably not finally fixed much before the birth of Christ.

Nor is there a single date when we can say that the canon of the New Testament was decided. In the first and second centuries after Christ, many, many writings and epistles were circulating among the Christians. Some of the churches were using books and letters in their services that were definitely spurious. Gradually the need to have a definite list of the inspired Scriptures became apparent.

Answer 3

The term "canon" is used to describe the books that are divinely inspired and therefore belong in the Bible. The difficult aspect of determining the Biblical canon is that the Bible does not give us a list of the books that belong in the Bible. Determining the canon was a process, first by Jewish rabbis and scholars, and then later by early Christians. Ultimately, it was God who decided what books belonged in the Biblical canon. A book of Scripture belonged in the canon from the moment God inspired its writing. It was simply a matter of God convincing His human followers which books should be included in the Bible.
Compared to the New Testament, there was very little controversy over the canon of the Old Testament. Hebrew believers recognized God’s messengers, and accepted their writings as inspired of God. There was undeniably some debate in regards to the Old Testament canon. However, by 250 A.D. there was nearly universal agreement on the canon of Hebrew Scripture. The only issue that remained was the Apocrypha…with some debate and discussion continuing today. The vast majority of Hebrew scholars considered the Apocrypha to be good historical and religious documents, but not on the same level as the Hebrew Scriptures.
For the New Testament, the process of the recognition and collection began in the first centuries of the Christian church. Very early on, some of the New Testament books were being recognized. Paul considered Luke’s writings to be as authoritative as the Old Testament (1 Timothy 5:18; see also Deuteronomy 25:4 and Luke 10:7). Peter recognized Paul’s writings as Scripture (2 Peter 3:15-16). Some of the books of the New Testament were being circulated among the churches (Colossians 4:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:27). Clement of Rome mentioned at least eight New Testament books (A.D. 95). Ignatius of Antioch acknowledged about seven books (A.D. 115). Polycarp, a disciple of John the Apostle, acknowledged 15 books (A.D. 108). Later, Irenaeus mentioned 21 books (A.D. 185). Hippolytus recognized 22 books (A.D. 170-235). The New Testament books receiving the most controversy were Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2 John, and 3 John. The first “canon” was the Muratorian Canon, which was compiled in (A.D. 170). The Muratorian Canon included all of the New Testament books except Hebrews, James, and 3 John. In A.D. 363, the Council of Laodicea stated that only the Old Testament (along with the Apocrypha) and the 27 books of the New Testament were to be read in the churches. The Council of Hippo (A.D. 393) and the Council of Carthage (A.D. 397) also affirmed the same 27 books as authoritative.
The councils followed something similar to the following principles to determine whether a New Testament book was truly inspired by the Holy Spirit: 1) Was the author an apostle or have a close connection with an apostle? 2) Is the book being accepted by the Body of Christ at large? 3) Did the book contain consistency of doctrine and orthodox teaching? 4) Did the book bear evidence of high moral and spiritual values that would reflect a work of the Holy Spirit? Again, it is crucial to remember that the church did not determine the canon. No early church council decided on the canon. It was God, and God alone, who determined which books belonged in the Bible. It was simply a matter of God convincing His followers of what He had already decided upon. The human process of collecting the books of the Bible was flawed, but God, in His sovereignty, despite our ignorance and stubbornness, brought the early church to the recognition of the books He had inspired.

Answer 4

Well, through the inspiration of God, men wrote the Bible through a rather long time period, from about 1400 BC to 400 or so BC for the Old Testament, and for the new, it was within the first century AD around the 50s and 60s AD.
For the OT, God picked out men to be his prophets. For the NT, the people who witnessed the life, death, and resurrection of Christ wrote about it in the gospels and other NT books.
Yes, there are gospels that were left out of the NT, but it is because these gospels are either forgeries, or completely heretical and inconsistent with the true, original gospels. In the OT, there are books that were left out because they were not inspired. There were books written in the "silent era" when God did not talk to Israel through any prophets, and these books were rejected and not put in the Bible, hence Hannukah and other things are not mentioned in the Bible. Hannunkah is a post prophetic era tradition.

Answer 5

Many different people starting with Moses in 14th cent. BC to the Apostles in approx. 100 AD.

The Old Testament was a compilation of books, mostly from historians and prophets. The books from prophets were only accepted if all prophecies came true and were included by the Jewish religious leaders as they were proven over time.

The New Testament were letters that had been sent by apostles and a few others to churches. They had been circulated throughout the churches for several hundred years before being officially recognized at the Council of Hippo in 393 AD.

Answer 6

Many people wrote the 66 books in the Bible. There is a standard called cannon, that is a set of rules that determines if a book was inspired by God or not. Also we need to understand that God can have control over his own word. So I don't think there is any mistake in the Bible. If you like to investigate, you can study the story of the Bible and you'll find it very interesting.

Answer 7

Many people wrote the Bible. ie. Mosses, Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul, etc. Historians in the past assembled all the book together to form the New and Old testiment. SInce most of the Authors agree on many points they are assumed to be true.

Only you can deside if it is true for you.

Answer 8

A TO Z GENESIS TO REVELATIONS

All exist here at Gen.1:1,2;
Billions in years then thousands as an old earth is prepared Gen.1:3-25;
~~ [ Job 38:4-7 Angels see ].
Created is Adam in image of God and Jesus. Gen.1:26; Col.1:15-17; Jesus first of all.
Deception of Eve, all bereaved, one tree not to touched Gen.3:1-5 [ Rev.12:9; Satan ];
Evil as well as good existed before Eden. Gen.3:22; Gen.8:21; It remains to the end.
Fallen angels before and after flood, but most are holy. Gen.6:2,4; 2 pet.2:4; Mark.13:
God knew Cain killed Abel Gen.4:9; God marked Cain, it meant none should harm him.
Heaven is God's throne, earth is his footstool Psalm.66:1; Matt.5:32,33; forever.
Isaac and Ishmael bury Abraham Gen.25:7,9; Jacob has the twelve tribes of Israel.
Jacob 215 in Canaan, Gen.47:9,11,28; heirs,215 years Rameses Egypt is Empire #1.
Kind was Joseph governor of Egypt 80 years, 1698 before Jesus in Rome Empire #6.
Law for the Promised Land heirs of Abraham generation 4 Exo.6:16-23,26; Gal.3:16-18; ~~ 430th year.
Moses and heirs exit Egypt half million strong Exo.7:7; 12:40,41; In 40 years to laws.
Now 857 to 897 after flood, Moses age 120 in 40th year, & Aaron are gone. Deut.34:7;
On 14th day New Year Josh 5:6,10,12; ends 40 years, 898 & 300 is 1198. Jdgs 11:26;
Prophet Judge Samuel age 80, Acts 13:20; 450 & 857 is 1307 after. Judges 1103 BC
Quest of Solomon 1Ki.6:1;480 & 897, is 1377, temple. 36 years 1Ki.11:42; is 997 BC
Rehoboam & 17 Judah kings, 391st yr captive to Babylon Empire #3 & Daniel 606 BC
Several holy prophets.
~~~~~~~~~~~~ O.T. 1110 years, 40 to write, 39 book done 443 BC ~~~~~~~~~~~
Trust God's word, all world history it is this world & Satan that is the world that ends. Until Jesus is at Rome, onto his 1000 year reign ends this world to make all new again.
Visit His advice in N.T. many did write, 27 books done 50 to 100 years after Christ.
With this Acts 7:1-60; 13:17-23; Heb.11:1-40 12:1,2; the best for God is a page view.
X-believers then & now, Jesus only needs for heaven, the elect, God seals very few. You see all people have their own, these elect have taken on Jesus point of view.
Zion's on and Lamb makes heaven, earth and all things new 2Pet.3:13; Rev.21:1-5;

Answer 9

the bible orignally was complete truth, but unfortunately at the council of nicea they debated on topics within certain books of the bible. i've talked to the lutheran church bout this and they completely deny it. i know it's true becuz today's bible has so many contradictions. i mean it says that homosexuality is an abomination, but in another book it states that sin is sin, no sin is worse than another. that was jus an example. many prophets, wrote the bible & some deciples did too. fer instance um moses wrote tha first five books of tha bible. those first 5 books are called torah and it is also called pentituke. but yeah, it used to be complete truth but there are so many contradictions now. it states in tha old testament of the bible that u can not leave yer spouce fer another aka divorce. but in the sermon on the mount Jesus says that u can have a divorce if yer spouce cheats on you.

Answer 10

People, inspired by God, wrote the Bible. The first 5 books of the OT are attributed to Moses. The writers are many. The named books are not neccessarily written by that person but written by others who knew what was handed down by that person.