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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    No, I was saying that Jerome recorded the belief of the Church and some 4th Century OT Scholarship concerning books like Tobit and Judith when he translated the Greek into the Latin Vulgate. I am also saying that the CHURCH accepted the Vulgate as THE BIBLE of all Christiandom from the 400’s...
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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    What church councils declared Tobit to be canonical scripture?
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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    The Latin Vulgate is probably the translation of the Bible that was DOMINANT for longer than any other. Far longer than the venerable KJV bible has been with us, the Vulgate Bible was THE BIBLE of THE CHURCH … all of Christiandom. Within virtually every copy of that venerable Bible, carefully...
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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    Come on, I just quoted from the preface to Kings in the Vulgate bible (written by Jerome) that states the status of books included in the Old Testament and SPECIFICALLY claims that Tobit (and several others) are included but not inspired (Apocryphal). So YES, Tobit was in the Old Testament …...
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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    Jerome claimed that TOBIT was not part of the OT (Hagiographa) but belonged to the “άπόκρυφα” (Apocrypha). The third order possesses the ἀγιόγραφα, and the first book begins from Job, the second from David...third is Solomon, having three books: Proverbs...Ecclesiastes...Song of Songs. Sixth is...
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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    Some OT or all OT? I am simply asking if it was moved to the Apocrypha in many Bibles (alongside Maccabees).
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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    I don’t think that ALL of the surviving manuscripts are Complete Bibles Survive fully intact. So your claim that EVERY manuscript contains the book of Tobit seems like hyperbole and a very “suspect” fact. However, I cannot even NAME 10 surviving manuscripts, so I am not the person to confirm...
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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    Tobit was not included in the OT (Just like the tale of Gilgamesh), so it should not be included in the OT portion of the Bible. Tobit does not meet the criteria for the books chosen to be included in the New Testament (just like Josephus‘ Histories), so it should not be included in the NT...
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    What is “loving”?

    We all agree that we should be LOVING. But what IS loving? Is it LOVING to be patient and accepting? No matter what? Is it LOVING to correct error when we see it? No matter how unpopular? Is there a SEASON for each? How do we know when it is time for which?
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    Have you ever disobeyed this commandment?

    Sigh … really? No. Nor have I ever built a wooden god with my own hands; and yet I am not guiltless (except in Christ).
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    Why The Shepherds?

    Not in Judea. December is the rainy season when the grass is lush enough for multiple flocks to graze on a single hill … in the dry season, the angels would have appeared to one shepherd with one flock since the land would not have supported multiple shepherds/flocks in one location.
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    What is the origins of Christmas?

    No, it started with Matthew 1 and Luke 2.
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    I’m cursed

    Learn to make friends. Practice being part of a group and BEING a friend to other people. Set aside “dating” as the immediate goal and pursue ‘basic competency’ in human interaction. Join a Bible Study and a Bowling League. Volunteer at some place that helps people. Learn to “give” before you...
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    Does Anyone Actually Receive The Grace Of God In Vain?

    “He who has begun a good work in you” is a reference to GOD … EPH 2 makes it clear that GOD begins the work in us. Thus the same GOD who started, will finish what HE started. That is also the promise of verses like: [Romans 8] 28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good...
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    What is " The plan Of G-d " in your knowledge, in your own experience, and in scripture ?

    We run to God or away from Him. Which, makes all the difference in the world.
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    Is John Chapter 6 (esp v32 to end) about Holy Communion

    I do not think it points directly to the communion, rather I believe that this, Passover, and Communion all point to the same supernatural reality (even as the Tabernacle/Temple was created to point to a Heavenly reality). Christ in us and us in Christ is the miraculous reality initiated by God...
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    What is the rule of faith?

    Faith is the belief that the chair will support me. Proof of that faith is when I sit on the chair. If I have “faith” that Jesus is my LORD and that God raised Him from the dead, then I would …
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    Does Anyone Actually Receive The Grace Of God In Vain?

    No. Philippians 1:6
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    Why does the book of Revelation say that you can anoint your eyes with medicine to cure blindness?

    …and the first four Christian centuries (there was no “Bible”).
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    If the prophecies in Daniel 8 cannot be understood without Maccabees, then doesn’t that prove Maccabees belongs in the Bible?

    I am only against Are you a Christian? John 13:34-35
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