My family is apparently Anglican..whatever that means..you guys know I'm just starting to read the Bible..Never have set foot in a church.....Someone told be that Anglicans don't believe in 7 books of the old testament for some reason...Could someone let me know what Books these are..like Genesis maybe or
something like that for starters.....Also, what are the apocothys..I know I'm spelling that incorrectly.....
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2007-09-01 21:16:09 · 4 answers · asked by zanthus 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You are most likely referring to the Apochryphal books. The Anglicans aren't the only church that doesn't accept these books. Most Protestant churhes don't accept them. The reason is the Jewish scholars had determined they were not "cannonical" and the only church using them was the Catholic church.They tend to not be consistant with the rest of the Bible and there is a lot of questions as to to the authors of the books.
2007-09-02 13:56:57 · answer #1 · answered by David F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely they are referring to the Apocrypha or the "Deuterocanonical books" as they are called in the Roman Catholic church:
The deuterocanonical scriptural texts are:
Tobit
Judith
Additions to Esther (Vulgate Esther 10:4-16:24, but see also Esther in the NAB)
Wisdom
Ben Sira, also called Sirach or Ecclesiasticus
Baruch, including the Letter of Jeremiah (Additions to Jeremiah in the Septuagint[2])
Additions to Daniel:
Song of the Three Children (Vulgate Daniel 3:24-90)
Story of Susanna (Vulgate Daniel 13, Septuagint prologue)
The Idol Bel and the Dragon (Vulgate Daniel 14, Septuagint epilogue)
1 Maccabees
2 Maccabees
2007-09-02 04:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
An Anglican is a member of the Church of England.
Most Anglicans wouldn't know which books of the Bible they are supposed to believe in !
2007-09-02 04:30:12 · answer #3 · answered by Beardo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to your question about Anglicans; but here is the information about the Apocrypha:
http://www.carm.org/catholic/apocrypha.htm
Here's some info about the Bible:
http://www.carm.org/bible.htm
Here are a couple Bible verse look-up sites to help you in your study:
http://www.biblegateway.com/
http://www.blueletterbible.org/
Most importantly, read and listen to this:
http://www.fathersloveletter.com/flltextenglish.html
Congrats on starting to read the Bible! God bless!
2007-09-02 04:29:06 · answer #4 · answered by Rella 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋