There's actually a secret Catholic document that describes what happened:
"...we prayed and fasted for God to show us which books were to be included in the Bible, because we were all divided. Some of us saw value in people believing that Jesus was part of the Trinity and others wanted people to believe that there was no trinity, so we ended up leaving out the books about the childhood of Jesus.
Others of us, faithful to a unified religio/politic tried to convince the others of the importance of the doctrine of Hell, how it could be used to make people passionate about their belief and therefore easier to control.
It took us a year to cross reference all of the main doctrines and eliminate books that disagreed with this or that doctrine, but we finally came up with 66 books.
We needed to make some doctrines especially clear, so we (in our copies, wrote additional scriptures in to clarify, like to make sure we keep our women subjugated and that homosexuality will be discouraged - obvious things like that, you know...
But we finally finished and we are expecting global results as we send out our evangelists to all the world and prepare the masses for this great work."
2007-03-02 16:31:41
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answered by John Galt 2
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Funny you should ask that as most people have little or no idea. And I don't either, really. One must remember that few people could read or write then and so much of the Bible was dictated to scribes. Much of it was simply handed down as stories. The Bible is either more then complete, meaning things have been added that weren't there to begin with. Or it is not complete and there is much more to add.
The scribes wrote the Bible in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew and to a lessor degree, some other languages. For many years only priests had access to the limited copies which were all hand written, of course.
King James wanted to standardize the Bible so that common people could read it for themselves and because he wanted to break away from the accepted church of that time. So the Revised King James Version was translated from the old version and that is basically what is used today. Now whether or not King James used all of the Bible or picked and chose what he ordered to be put in the new version, who knows for sure?
Saw a program on PBS that was about how books are still being found today that may have been meant to be part of the Bible. Either the Bible is very accurate or it is the biggest hoax there ever was in the history of mankind. Personally, I think it is accurate, or at least, the message is. Would sure have a lot of trouble to go though just to try to deceive us all and what purpose would it be serving anyway?
2007-03-02 15:46:49
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answered by Anonymous
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Typical of any book.
First a draft of the story
Then a little editing suggestions and a final draft
The publisher than offers the dollars to the authors and could include movie rights.
Final draft and final editing
Publishing and of course the necessary publicity tour on all the late night shows:
Goliath at midnight
Late Night with Peter and Paul
From Bethlehem the Tonight Show with John the Baptist
and the other small shows and of course all the celebrity shows that are on, Entertainment Tonight, Romans, etc.
This was a tough book to write what with all the authors but it finally got done and the King James press won the rights for publishing although there have been pirated copies.
It has turned out to be a great investment for it is the biggest selling book of all time and has had many movies based on its story's. God made a bundle on this baby.
2007-03-02 15:21:21
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answered by white61water 5
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The Bible is composed of 66 little books. Throught the years in the distant past, many different people wrote stories as they witnessed different accounts, or wrote letters to different tribes. People from different walks of life, from Kings to peasants, had a hand in writing what eventually became included in the Bible.
People believe that these writings happened with divine inspiration. In other words, God helped along those that wrote these stories. The first 5 books of the Bible was written by Moses. How did Moses know of the accounts of Genesis, the creation of the world, when he was'nt literally there? He was supposedly guided by the Holy Spirit to write all these accounts.
Later, around the middle ages, King James and other scholars chose different stories and made the first Bible, The King James Version, that we know of today. Of course, very few people knew how to read in those days, so priests were given the authority to teach the peasants about the laws and stories of the Bible. This of course, led to corruption and misinterpretation of scriptures for financial gain, power, and warfare, by convincing the masses of people what to do.
The Bible still stands to this day. It's even the most widely distributed book in history (Guinness World Records). So, is it really brought to us by God? You be the judge. Best to read it and find out for yourself.
2007-03-02 15:26:00
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answered by Anonymous
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Constantine was a Roman Emperor who lived from 274 to 337 A.D. He is most famous for becoming the single ruler of the Roman Empire,( a pegan till his death bed) organized the bible together. His kingdom was in chaios with christianity and peganisum both thriving and were at eachothers throats. he wanted to unify his kingdom into one religion. he organized the Council of Nicea , there his people and him decided which books to put into the bible, they also decided which one's should not be in the " bible" ...thus came the bible we know today
and there is proof of this! Actual documentation,
God's followers may have written the books, but it wasnt a christian or god who decided which ones to use. If you talk to the vatican there are thousands of books..
2007-03-02 15:24:41
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answered by Anonymous
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a roman ruler in the 3-4 century AD made a list and the church put the books together after a long debate on which ones to include.
2007-03-02 15:19:38
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answered by Speak freely 5
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The old and new testament's were put together in the 5th century with the council of Nicea (where we get the Nicene Creed) who decided what was the official cannon as they prayed about it and found what books confirmed each other.
2007-03-02 15:19:49
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answered by Jan P 6
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Well, being God is all knowing and in contorlof everything. He used the hands of a human to put them together and he decided which ones to put.
2007-03-02 15:15:49
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answered by t2ensie 3
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One way to get the books right is to know all about the bible people the book has in it.
Noah is son #10 Gen.7:6; 1656 flood year, 9:28,29; in the genealogy of Jesus, Abraham age 75, gets Promised Land covenant, is son #20 Matt.1:1-17;
Abraham is 352 to 427 to 527 years after the flood Gen.25:7,9; he dies, his son Isaac is 452 to 632 after the flood Gen.35:28,29; Jacob Gen.47:9,11,28; is 512 to 659 and his son Joseph [ governor of Egypt ], Gen.50:26; died 712 years after the flood to end the book of Genesis.
Job dies 777 years after the flood to end the book of Job.
Moses is from 857 Exit Egypt, to 897 HEIRS, after the flood and Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy are done as they were lived.
Joshua is 14th day in New Year at 898 ends 40 years from Egypt,
Judges 11:26; 300 years is 1198 after flood. Ruth 4:18-22 is family of king David.
Samuel age 80, at Acts 13:20; 450 after Exit 897 is 1307, David son #34 in the genealogy of Jesus, is 1333 to 1373 after flood [ 1 & 2 Samuel by Samuel 1Sam.25:1; Gad & Nathan ]; 1Ki.2:10,11; David dies.
1Ki.6:1; 480 & 897 HEIRS is 1377 & 36 1Ki.11:42; 1413 after flood [ Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Songs of Solomon, 997 BC 1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles and all but 6 books finished at 606 BC and Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel 1:2; Jehoiachin son # 48 in genealogy of Jesus [ Mary is from Nathan, the son of David ], and Daniel being at 606 BC, Last 6 books Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Zechariah, Haggai, & Malachi, done at 443 BC]; Jesus son #62 was in the Roman Empire #6 of this world, 2007 years ago.
If you had been placing them, or if I had been placing them, we may have them in the same order in which they are in. It may be by divine will that they are as they are and people may have little choice.
The next question is when was the world to have the word?
People say, the apostles expected the end when they were writting, is it true?
People were getting killed, as to history, trying to get the bible to the world, why?
Dan.8:12-14 [ 2300 years after 606 BC? 1694 after KJV Bible published in 1611, is the word of truth to be circulating in the world? At 303 years from 1611 is 1914 at WW1, and 300 from 2300 is 2600 after Babylon Empire #3 ended kings, 2007 after Jesus in Roman Empire #6, is 2613 after Babylon Empire #3 ended kings [ THERE WILL BE NO KING BUT JESUS AT HIS SECOND COMING ];
SO WHEN WAS THE WORLD MEANT TO HAVE THE WORD OF GOD IN CIRCULATION FOR THE LAST DAYS AND THE END TIMES?
O.T. 1110 years, many to write, done 443 BC.
N.T. 50 to 100 CE, many to write. KJV Bible published 1611 CE, at 303 years is 1914 at WW1 and an excepted translation by law of man and God. WHAT WILL MAN DO WITH THE WORD OF GOD IN THE LAST DAYS?
2007-03-02 16:03:17
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answered by jeni 7
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By vote.
A bunch of Bishops got together in one room, read through all the availble books, and then voted on them.
Nothing more mystical than that.
2007-03-02 15:14:24
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answered by Anonymous
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