Posted on 09/20/2018 4:30:19 AM PDT by marshmallow
Oh?
Why??
Well; I know because various groups of Caththolics got together and argued and fussed and choose which widely circulating letters would be assembled together into one reference manual.
The guys with the most clout and influence and VOTES got what they wanted; bound into one unit.
(Why the first two thirds of their book does not quite match what the JEWS have is another thing altogether and best left for another time: maybe even another place; too.)
Like...
'The church is true because the church says it's true'?
LOL.....really.....who showed me that?
And the word of the Lord came to him: What are you doing here, Elijah?
10 He replied, I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.
11 The Lord said, Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.
Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. 12 After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13 When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.
Then a voice said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah?
14 He replied, I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.
15 The Lord said to him, Go back the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you get there, anoint Hazael king over Aram. 16 Also, anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet. 17 Jehu will put to death any who escape the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death any who escape the sword of Jehu. 18 Yet I reserve seven thousand in Israelall whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.
(He was purty good at repeating his whine; but the Lord had to EDUCATE him in stuff he knew nothing about.)
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Take one orally; every evening; before retiring.
One refill allowed.
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