why does it not agree with the other 66 books in the bible?
2007-12-04 23:29:11 · 11 answers · asked by questionlady 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
those books were added by man....they are not Gods words...it is proven .....they disagree with scripture in doctrine and purpose. throw them out.
2007-12-04 23:34:12 · answer #1 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 4⤊ 5⤋
There are many reasons that the Apocrypha doesn't agree with the 66 inspired books of the Bible. Too many to get into here.
A really good reason that the Apocrypha isn't included in the inspired books is that it isn't part of the Hebrew canon. The Jews have twenty-two books in their Bible, and these correspond to the thirty-nine books in the Protestant English Bible. The difference is in the way these books are broken down.
The ancient historian Flavius Josephus agrees that the Jews have twenty-two books of Scripture.
Since the Jews don't include the Apocrypha in their canon, why should Christians add to the Old Testament what was not there prior to Christianity?
2007-12-05 08:04:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
during the early years of the church there were many books about jesus' life, and about the jewish religious tradition he had come out of. some of them were accepted as reliable by just about everybody (the gospel of matthew and the epistle of st. james among them) others were considered a little questionable (some of the acts of the apostles and the gospel of mary magdalene).
these books came in a variety of languages (hebrew, greek, aramaic) and which ones your church read depended in part on which language your church spoke, and which books they could get hold of.
there was a core bible in greek (the septuagint had translated what we now call the old testament from the original hebrew), but since the language of most churches was increasingly latin, this wasn't the perfect arrangement.
sometime after 380 ad the illyrian hermit we now call st. jerome began a major translation of the whole of the 'bible' into latin. his translation is called the 'vulgate' (the 'ordinary' translation) and is still used extensively by catholics.
since the bible was finally being translated into latin, the main language of the church, several conclaves discussed which books should be in the bible, and which books should go out (jerome also had his own ideas).
some books were no-brainers for inclusion (matthew, genesis) some books were no-brainers to be left out (the gospel of judas. then there were books which had a majority vote, but were not approved of by large numbers of clerics.
the books which the church could not decide on(including some standard favourites - such as the book of judith) were added to jerome's vulgate translation, but there was a general agreement that they were second-class testimony.
catholic bibles still usually include the apocrypha. protestants started leaving them out as a matter of course during the late nineteenth century.
2007-12-05 07:49:19 · answer #3 · answered by synopsis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the Bible contains 73 books. 66 books is the result of Martin Luther
2007-12-05 07:35:09 · answer #4 · answered by Benny 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The term apocrypha refers to books as is not one book. The early church fathers decided in their wisdom which books would be in the collection that we know as the Bible and some were excluded.
2007-12-05 07:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, that body of writing doesn't really disagree with the others but some people way back when the bible was collected together from letters/texts/OT writings etc.. In their wisdom they decided that it wasn't inspired by God.
Catholics have it in their Bible.. (See the Jerusalem Bible)
2007-12-05 07:39:14 · answer #6 · answered by slim 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
These are the books that were refused for inclusion into the bible at The Council of Nicea.
For the most part they portray Jesus as more human than deity therefore they were not included.
2007-12-05 07:40:48 · answer #7 · answered by darwinsfriend3 AM 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I haven't heard of this book, but many accounts didn't make it into the bible. Some still exist but are considered less valuable because their message is not the same as the bible, which is the word of God.
2007-12-05 07:35:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
They didn't agree with the Jews and with the Protestants that's why the were deleted by men.
2007-12-05 07:50:00 · answer #9 · answered by helenoftroy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because the Catholic hierarchy deleted anything they didn't agree with, then re-wrote the rest. I don't know how people can take that part of the scriptures as real and not consider other original parts. It makes no sense.
2007-12-05 07:41:19 · answer #10 · answered by Morgaine 4 · 5⤊ 4⤋