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To: muawiyah
What are the funny little books the Catholics put in the Bible?
119 posted on 10/07/2001 3:47:43 PM PDT by Jack Black
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To: Jack Black
Tell you what, I have a copy over here and I will look through it. They are categorized as the Apocrypha. They are not part of the Canon. Still, many Christians believe them of spiritual as well as historic interest. Protestant Bibles generally omit them. Bibles authorized by the Roman Catholics ALWAYS include them. Other groups do with them as they wish.

My position on the Apocrypha is a simple one - if these particular books merit inclusion, then the other 284 (+/- a few) versions of the Book of Revelations are at least as deserving.

120 posted on 10/07/2001 4:39:27 PM PDT by muawiyah
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