2007-08-30 07:40:45 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
what is all this about?
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=An6L3wUayst699uouFHSheLsy6IX?qid=20070830104746AA7N3fd&show=7#profile-info-OSNxR7UDaa
2007-08-30 07:41:32 · update #1
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AhLqZLQUndRt2vJ.wJfK0pzty6IX?qid=20070826074737AAgmag2
2007-08-30 07:42:17 · update #2
if they did, when did they?
before or after the split from the protestants?
2007-08-30 07:45:52 · update #3
don't call me ignorant for quoting an atheist. it's only an ignorant question because you don't know the answer.
2007-08-30 07:48:39 · update #4
it goes yes no yes no all the way down...
2007-08-30 07:52:42 · update #5
Just read it and you will know they didn't.
In fact they have tried to suppress it burning those who sought to make it available to any and all.
Learn their horrific and ignominious history.
You will then know what they are like and would be if they had the power.
2007-08-30 07:53:39 · answer #1 · answered by Ernest S 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
No, but they did sort out the lying books from the real books.
However, the Dead Sea Scrolls helped us realize how authentic the Scripture really is and it is authentic. The church fathers did fear the Lord when it came to changing the Word of God. I truly believe God watched as the Canon was put together and God has more control over His Word than most men realize. It was not by chance that the Dead Sea Scrolls were found in the 20th century to prove the accuracy of scripture. God makes things happen and God establishes His Word.
We've had some sorry popes and that is the main problem with the catholic church. The pope is not above Christ. They often carry the spirit of antichrist. There are born again Christians in the Catholic church, but they are abused by these popes also. The pope is a dangerous man and John Paul II and Ratzinger are dangerous popes. They transform as they wish and this is blasphemy and heresy.
2007-08-30 15:10:08 · answer #2 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Basically they did. The Emperor Constantine, in making the Christian religion the official religion of the Roman Empire told the christian bishops to get their act together and make the church universal or "catholic". In order to do this they had to agree on what books made up the "new testament" and exactly what those books would contain. After much argument, the 27 books that make up the NT were selected and then "edited" by church scholars to better fit christian theology at that time. Copies of the "new" bible were ordered to be copied out and the older scriptures the churches were using were collected and destroyed.
2007-08-30 14:49:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, they pretty much WERE the ones to decide which books to include in the New Testament. So they were more like the Editorial staff and Publisher, not the writers. The writers were Jews.
Edit:
The New Testament was compiled in the 2nd and 3rd century, with the final decision being made around 376 A.D. Protestants split from Catholocism in 1514 A.D.
2007-08-30 14:46:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
No, Catholicism is based on the church that Peter founded in Rome after the death of Jesus. It was codified over the next centuries into what it is today. It is a church that has a supreme head, the Pope. Just with all denominations, Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Russian Orthodox, Coptic, each developed out of a sense of knowing a truth about the Bible. You can say that I am relativistic, but each has a unique take on the book and I believe that is important to belief.
2007-08-30 14:45:26 · answer #5 · answered by Alan N 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
One of the links you posted was asked by an atheist, not a Catholic. So making the generalization that "Catholics think they wrote the New Testament" is ignorant.
2007-08-30 14:46:53 · answer #6 · answered by Christy ☪☮e✡is✝ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, Christians were all part of the "Catholic" or universal church at one point, but the first schism created the Eastern Orthodox and the Catholic Church. The second schism created the Protestants (i.e. protesting the church at the time) and the Catholics.
In terms of the NT canon, they were written well before any of the schisms. So, all Christians can claim their forerunners wrote the NT.
2007-08-30 14:51:14 · answer #7 · answered by John K 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, the New Testament as we have it today was compiled by the Catholic Church. Some Protestants have removed some material, but the basis is still on the NT that the Catholic Church first decided was truely worthy of being included.
But certainly we didn't write it. They were written before the Catholic church as it is today existed
2007-08-30 14:49:15 · answer #8 · answered by PoliPino 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Bishops together in unison discerned which books were inspired and collected them into a single collection of books.
These bishops all called themselves members of the Church Christ founded, namely the "Catholic" Church. Which church had the same belief system as Catholics have today.
So, all Christians today have a debt towards the Catholic Church in identifying and collecting these sacred books into a single volume.
God Bless
Robin
2007-08-30 14:55:03 · answer #9 · answered by Robin 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
why yes! Whether you prefer Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Paul,James, Jude" or 'the communities of disciples surrounding Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John etc', that was the early Church. Since that same church continues to this day, and is the Catholic Church, yes, Catholics wrote the new Testament
2007-08-30 14:46:50 · answer #10 · answered by rebecca v d liep 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
In fact, it was the Church who gave us the number of Books of the Bible: The Bibles of all Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestants, contain the Books given to us by the Pope St. Damasus in the Council of Rome, in 382... many Protestants do not realize that the Bible they cherish was given to them by a Pope
The protestants re-wrote it, and removed books, that conflicted with their ideas.
2007-08-30 14:53:59 · answer #11 · answered by Sapere Aude 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋