Is there evidence to God involvement in the canonizing of the Bible?

Question

The following statement was made in response to another question I asked about the canonization of the Bible. "It was God, and God alone, who determined which books belonged in the Bible." I would like to know what evidence other than faith exist showing God's involvement in the canonization process?

Thank you.

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Please site your evidence.

Answer 1

there is no evidence for this. It is part of their faith. just like trusting the translations to convey the right meaning. real solid.

Answer 2

When Martin Luther left the Church, there were only 66 official books in the bible. The other books contained beliefs and ideas considered incongruent with other stories and hence were not added until later. To this day, there are other gospels and manuscripts which are existent but are considered gnostic books. When the Catholic Church decided the other books (deuterocanonicals) had merit for being sound in belief, they were added on. It does not mean the Church invented these books. They were written already to begin with. God gave Peter(and his successors) as well as the Church his body the authority to pronounce decrees relating to Church practice. God's Holy Spirit inspired the Council of Bishops to declare the additional Catholic books as sound dogma. These official books are what we call canon. Just because Martin Luther took only 66 books doesn't mean Catholics are wrong. Read the other books and see if any teachings are contrary to God's word. No ideas are contrary to God's revelation.

Answer 3

new: In regard to your question. The answer is a BIG yes -God's inspiration was involved in the "canonization" of the Holy [hence, God] Bible. With the stakes being what they are for humans regarding his or her existence, the future, entailed in what God is "asking" from us, nothing short of direct inspiration of the canonization would suffice. The "proof" is in the "pudding". For a Christian actually, cultivating a relationship with God, the Father, through Jesus Christ, he or she is aware of the reality of the instruction contained therein, of the canonized Holy Bible. The state of a Christian's "spirituality" is sufficient evidence within it self - the fact of its existence that is !!!

Answer 4

If one believes that God is responsible for the entirety of creation, then anything that is under the sun is God's and God's alone, which pretty much encompasses all that we know. That's not to say that I believe that the book selections for the bible were selected by infallible minds. I'm of a mind to believe as my faith leads, and I don't assume any one sect has a lock on the Word of God; I maintain a contrary view that allows for the living word to be a thing apart, untouchable and incorruptible by way of active revelation. If one believes in God then one can trust in God, if one trusts in books alone, faith stands to lose what I believe is one of it's most dynamic aspects, that being contextual significance.

Answer 5

If you have faith, you believe without questioning . If you start questioning, asking for proofs and evidence then soon you will turn to science and heresy. In the good old days, fundies would burn you alive for that. Today you are entitled to an education should you be so inclined. Then of course, you can stop wasting times with fairy tales....

Answer 6

God could not have been involved in flawed and contradictory books, which are obviously works of feeble men. There is absolutely no evidence of God's involvement in any of that mumbo jumbo canonization baloney.

Answer 7

All throughout time it has been said that "man was inspired by God," not that God wrote it.

Answer 8

God worked through every single being in what, 9 centuries or more? who had anything to do with the bible.

Then we never heard from him again.

Answer 9

http://www.oodegr.com/english/ag_grafi/kanonas0.htm