Why isn't the Book of Enoch contained in the Apocrypha?

Question

I have the 1611 Authorized version and I would like to get ahold of the Book of Enoch.

Thanks for the link kl

Answer 1

It's quite easy to get ahold of --- in fact, I would imagine there are copies of it online. A friend of mine bought a copy and I read most of it. I would say that it gave me an exceedingly uneasy feeling, spiritually. I don't know if it has been altered or what but it just didn't feel like the Lord's work, know what I mean?

I don't mean to dissuade you from reading it. By all means, read it. But I think once you do you'll have a clearer picture on why it wasn't in the Apocrypha.

Answer 2

I don't know since it seems to be a lot more "biblical" than some of the books that ARE in the Apocrypha. Probably because it seems unlikely that Enoch who was taken up to Heaven before the flood was the author of the book that is supposed to have originated around the 2nd century BC.

I have a copy of the book since a quote from it is found in the epistle of Jude and while I don't give it the same weight as I do the 66 books of the Bible, it is a fascinating read. You can read it on line @ http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/boe/

Answer 3

What you have is perhaps not the 'Authorized' KJV, but a RCC per-version of the authorized kjv, the seventh bible.

The Holy Bible, the 7th Bible, doesn't contain Apocrypha;
But does contain Epistle Dedicatory of Bible Translators.

At best, the Apocrypha is sandwiched between OT & NT;
for people to notice it does not belong in either OT or NT.

Look at the Epistle Dedicatory of Translators of the Bible,
and notice they were traduced and maligned on both sides,
by popish persons (RCC's) & self-conceited brethren (Prot's).

Look at the mandate of Oxford University Press,
and notice it was to make money for the university,
by printing whatever people paid for to get printed.

Look at the NIV, published by the same company
who also publishes the Satanic Bible: HarperCollins,
is owned by Zondervan, is owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Look at NIV, and notice Revelation 22:21 is missing:
http://bible.crosswalk.com/ParallelBible/bible.cgi

Look at the Holy Bible, to notice there are two Enochs;
one such, who walked with God, was not found = lost.
So perhaps he walked with the wrong God, God on high,
the awful lawful God who both creates and destroys after.
Pst: Merciful God in heaven: higher than the heavens,
Maker, doesn't create imperfect things, nor destroy any.

Look at the Book of Enoch, and notice it is not even fit
to be included in Apocrypha, isn't fit to be in Holy Bible.

By all means look, and then:
If it's CRAP, FLUSH IT(LAW).

The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.

Answer 4

The book of Enoch has been rejected by the Fathers, and Doctors of the Church, because it has no merit what so ever as Divinely inspired word of God.

However, here is what you want! Follow the link below. Read it and enjoy it as a work of fiction, for it is no more than that.

http://www.johnpratt.com/items/docs/enoch.html
Book of Enoch

Mark

Answer 5

Enoch grew to become right into a biblical character of the line of Adam, supposedly the granfather of Noah. He grew to become into stated to have predicted the flood and grew to become into something of a prophet alongside the strains of Elijah. regardless of the undeniable fact that, the e book of Enoch grew to become into no longer written by making use of him, yet by making use of an unknown author(s) as previous due as 2 hundred BC. The literary artwork grew to become into in all probability nicely universal to Jesus and the recent testomony writers, and is even stated interior the letter of Jude. however the Council of Nicea seen it a fictional artwork by way of fact it dealt ordinarily with angels and demons alongside the strains of Dante's Inferno. in line with probability the e book of Revelations could have had an identical destiny had no longer the authorship been greater concrete. It in all probability had good status between the gnostics who have been greater into subjective and precis literature. it relatively is seen an apocalyptic artwork.

Answer 6

It was a work of fiction is what most scholars believe.

Answer 7

Because the people that decided what was "in" had the larger sword.

Answer 8

The Deuterocanonicals
http://home.inreach.com/~bstanley/deuter.htm

http://home.inreach.com/bstanley/canon.htm




The Decree of Pope St. Damasus I - 382 A.D.

(Incorporated into the Council of Rome)





The Decree of Pope St. Damasus I, Council of Rome. 382 A.D....

ST. DAMASUS 1, POPE, THE DECREE OF DAMASUS:

It is likewise decreed: Now, indeed, we must treat of the divine Scriptures: what the universal Catholic Church accepts and what she must shun.


The list of the Old Testament begins: Genesis, one book; Exodus, one book: Leviticus, one book; Numbers, one book; Deuteronomy, one book; Jesus Nave, one book; of Judges, one book; Ruth, one book; of Kings, four books; Paralipomenon, two books; One Hundred and Fifty Psalms, one book; of Solomon, three books: Proverbs, one book; Ecclesiastes, one book; Canticle of Canticles, one book; likewise, Wisdom, one book; Ecclesiasticus (Sirach), one book; Likewise, the list of the Prophets: Isaiah, one book; Jeremias, one book; along with Cinoth, that is, his Lamentations; Ezechiel, one book; Daniel, one book; Osee, one book; Amos, one book; Micheas, one book; Joel, one book; Abdias, one book; Jonas, one book; Nahum, one book; Habacuc, one book; Sophonias, one book; Aggeus, one book; Zacharias, one book; Malachias, one book. Likewise, the list of histories: Job, one book; Tobias, one book; Esdras, two books; Esther, one book; Judith, one book; of Maccabees, two books.


Likewise, the list of the Scriptures of the New and Eternal Testament, which the holy and Catholic Church receives: of the Gospels, one book according to Matthew, one book according to Mark, one book according to Luke, one book according to John. The Epistles of the Apostle Paul, fourteen in number: one to the Romans, two to the Corinthians, one to the Ephesians, two to the Thessalonians, one to the Galatians, one to the Philippians, one to the Colossians, two to Timothy, one to Titus one to Philemon, one to the Hebrews. Likewise, one book of the Apocalypse of John. And the Acts of the Apostles, one book. Likewise, the canonical Epistles, seven in number: of the Apostle Peter, two Epistles; of the Apostle James, one Epistle; of the Apostle John, one Epistle; of the other John, a Presbyter, two Epistles; of the Apostle Jude the Zealot, one Epistle. Thus concludes the canon of the New Testament.


Likewise it is decreed: After the announcement of all of these prophetic and evangelic or as well as apostolic writings which we have listed above as Scriptures, on which, by the grace of God, the Catholic Church is founded, we have considered that it ought to be announced that although all the Catholic Churches spread abroad through the world comprise but one bridal chamber of Christ, nevertheless, the holy Roman Church has been placed at the forefront not by the conciliar decisions of other Churches, but has received the primacy by the evangelic voice of our Lord and Savior, who says: "You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it; and I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you shall have bound on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you shall have loosed on earth shall be loosed in heaven."



(the rest of the decree not included here.)



N.B. It is to be noted that the book of Baruch was considered by some Church Fathers to be a part of the book of Jeremiah and as such was not listed separately by them.







Affirmed by a number of Councils subsequently (see Bob's site)





Source:

The Faith of the Early Fathers, by William A. Jurgens, Vol 1 pp 404-407; Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minesota, NIHIL OBSTAT, Imprimatur. Copyright 1970.



Bob Stanley has an appropriate excerpt of it at:

The Canon of Scripture

http://home.inreach.com/bstanley/canon.htm