Does anyone know when and how The Christian books of the Bible were put together?

Answer 1

The formation of the "canon" of scripture is a good study subject.

Here is a link or two:

http://www.anabaptists.org/history/howwegot.html

http://www.gotquestions.org/canon-Bible.html

http://www.allaboutgod.com/canon-of-the-bible-faq.htm

god bless

Answer 2

As far as non-Christians are concerned, the books of the Scriptures have never been officially put together. People, including Christians, are quite free to pick and choose whatever books they like, or none. But anyone who decides to reject anything in the normal Protestant Bible, or add anything to it, will be regarded as a non-Christian by Christians!

What people who read impersonal internet forums should realise is that it is the church, i.e. born again Christians, who are the basis of truth, not the Bible. The Bible itself says that. It is the church that validates the Bible, and the church is anything but official.

By Jesus' time, the Jews had a canon that Jesus himself affirmed as of divine origin- the Old Testament- so this is non-negotiable for Christians. The pagan imperial cults (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy) augmented this Hebrew canon by using books added in a Greek translation (the Septuagint) funded by a pagan Egyptian ruler, with the absurd excuse that the apostles quoted from it in their Greek letters to Christians. What is notable is that these additional books are used to support the doctrines that these cults teach, so they seem to have a vested, rather than a scholarly interest anyway. However, even they cannot agree as to which books are to be added, so their stance is not very convincing.

For Christians, the Hebrew canon pretty well selects itself as the Old Testament, as it does (as the Tanakh) for Jews. The New Testament selects itself even more, and there has never been any significant controversy over which books go in. There are very, very few books outside the widely accepted, published NT that anyone even begins to think suitable, and none that any significant faction thinks should be excluded. The difference is 'cliff edge', 'chalk and cheese', in the end.

Roman Catholics like to tell Christians that it was they who selected the books of the Bible for them. They must be out of their minds if they think that Christians will take any notice of Roman Catholics, who have persecuted them, often brutally, for centuries. But they are unwise to say that, as well as absurd. For one thing, they forget that there is no agreement, because Christians reject the OT additions that Catholics call 'Deuterocanonical'. They regard Bibles with apocrypha as fit for burning, unless owners recognise they own pollution and heresy.

For another, those who are born again today invariably recognise the books of the Bible for themselves. They do so immediately, too. This must have been true in the 1st century when the NT books were written- the early Christians must likewise have known 'the Master's Voice' the moment they heard it. So the embarrassing question is actually, how is it that the Roman emperor's church leaders took three or four hundred years to 'hear' their Master's Voice! It can be explained if the RCC is understood to be the successor to the persecuting Roman Empire, of course.

It must have been that the emperor's men wanted to include their own heretical works in the New Testament, but did not dare, because it would have ruined whatever credibility they had as Christians. So they were forced to restrict their additions to the Old Testament only, and only then with an excuse that ignorant people would have been gulled by.

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Answer 3

All the books in the bible were written long enough before you were born, by God's people thru the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. There wasn't any chronological order on how they were put together but by God's command as to which book needs to come first. Each book teaches us different things, for eg. Old Testament books tell us more about history whilst New Testament books teach us about living by the Spirit in today's world and the last book (Revelation) teaches us about EndTimes Prophecy.

Answer 4

Gods Word, the Bible is God inspired.

God inspired men to write accounts of what happened.
The manuscripts from these have been put together.
This is proves that the Bible is true, because the Bible was written over hundreds of years. There are many prophecies which are written in the Old Testament, which have come to pass in the New Testament e.g. Jesus Christ Birth. Also, many of the things recorded in the gospels are recorded by more than one person. For example, you will find many storie repeated in the Gospels - which are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

Answer 5

Different people wrote about their views/experiences with Jesus to create many works. An exceptional few made it into the bible.

During the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD presided over by pagan Roman emperor Constantine the various bishops met and argued over what message to spread and which books would be in the bible. When choices were made it was checked and approved by Constantine who was doing this to make Christianity the official religion of the empire to prevent its collapse due to internal struggle

Answer 6

That would takes volumes to explain, there are many good books on the subject

Answer 7

long time ago added to over the centuries no one author involved many have added there 2 pence worth and still adding good book nice stories lots of lessons to be learned .etc etc ..