Do you know the names of the people who picked which manuscripts would be included in the Bible?

Question

If not, don't you think it'd be worth some research to figure out why you'd trust them? There were a lot of manuscripts floating around back then.

Answer 1

If we did that wouldn't we need to face the truth?

Love and blessings Don

Answer 2

Most of what is accepted as the canon of the Bible was generally accepted by believers everywhere to be "inspired" writings, as revealed by the Holy Spirit within the believer. The councils codified these as representatives of the churches in the known world at that time. Some works, such as the apocrypha, were known even during the time of Christ, but neither He or the Jews accepted them as scripture, nor quoted from them. Some Bibles include various books from the apocrypha, while others do not. Some of the other writings were never accepted as inspired, then or now, i.e. the "Gospel of Thomas".

Answer 3

It's a good question, I don't particularly trust them. There's still a lot of manuscripts about, mostly in the care of the catholic church. Why some and not others were decided to be the word of God, who can say.

Answer 4

During the Council of Nicea, Emperor Constantine called upon over 1800 Bishops from around Christandom. They were to decide if Jesus was merely a man (prophet) or divine (son of God). Once they concluded that he should be considered Divine, they picked through the gospels to see which ones showed Him to have any divinity. Sadly that was four out of 80+. If you want more information about who attended go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicea

Answer 5

If I were a manuscript picker and Apostle Paul had influenced great authority in the writings of the disciples and his death was not that far past as well as Peter and John, I would have to put my choosing on their approvals of writings. Paul, Peter and John could easily have had these writings in their possession and passed them to trusted Christians. Therefore the church knew the writings preferred by them.

Now, all of this said, I trust the Lord when He says not one jot or tittle will pass until all is fulfilled. I trust the Lord that He is capable of making sure His Bible contains what He wants in it. A prophet in the Bible named Balak was told by the king to curse Israel and when he attempted to speak the words to curse Israel, his words came out as a blessing. He finally declared to the king
Whom God blesses, they cannot be cursed by man. The same goes for God's Bible.

Answer 6

It was by vote at Council of Nicaea commissioned by Emperor Constantine. The council included the books they could agree upon. Later, to validate their decisions, they destroyed records of all other holy manuscripts to prevent dissention.

Answer 7

it was one of the early counsels, either Nicaea, or Trent, or worms or something like that about 300 AD.
The book that were accepted were books that were inspired by Holy Spirit. The difference is that other books/manuscripts were man inspired or works of human will. like gospel of Thomas, it is barely legible.
I do commend to your reading though.
God is God, He will have what He wants in the Holy scriptures.

Peace.

Answer 8

Read "Who Wrote the Bible" by Richard Elliot Friedman.
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Answer 9

it goes like this...

constantine (not the movie character, but the emperor), converted to christianity back in the day.

he got a group of advisors - clerics in the church - to help him establish what is now known as the bible.

some say that as many as three hundred manuscripts were left out, but this cannot be verified.

who they were is a mystery.

hope that helped.

Answer 10

They were all during the time of Constantine.