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To: boatbums
Whether or not any church group had a 66 or 73 book canon doesn't change the fact that they STILL had a correct Bible. No one disagrees on the undisputed books (66) and there is NOTHING in the disputed books that is absolutely necessary to know for our salvation and life of holiness that was left out of the other 66 books. The only thing that is "dangerous" is when any particular church thinks it can mandate to all other churches what is or is not the word of God. That can only lead to further heresy where the next thing they do is try to command obedience to traditions which have no basis in Scripture. The Holy Spirit is who illuminates the word of God in our hearts and Jesus' sheep hear His voice throughout it.

There are however non-biblical teachings in the "disputed book", which really aren't disputed by the Hebrews or the early church. It is the RCC that continues to purport these are inspired Scripture.

96 posted on 07/22/2014 5:09:17 AM PDT by ealgeone (obama, borderof)
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To: ealgeone
There are however non-biblical teachings in the "disputed book", which really aren't disputed by the Hebrews or the early church. It is the RCC that continues to purport these are inspired Scripture.

I agree. This topic has been posted on FR a number of times and it is pretty regularly brought up whenever there's an ongoing Cath vs. Prot argument - it is some people's imagined "trump card".

What I have yet to get an answer to, and I've asked it several times, is what are their "favorite" passages from any of those books and what doctrines are found there that cannot be found anywhere in the undisputed books of the Bible. I have concluded that the real reason for the defense of these books is because it became an issue during the Council of Trent and some conclude - somehow - that this is enough evidence to prove the Roman Catholic church is superior to all other churches. Personally, I don't see the point. I think many Catholics have no idea what these books are about, who wrote them, why they were included while others were not even though they were in the Septuagint or that the Septuagint contained several OTHER books that were left out of the Trent canon. Appealing to their presence in the LXX is not really an adequate argument for why ALL Christians must accept them as inspired Scripture.

103 posted on 07/22/2014 8:27:31 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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