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    What do you suppose Paul meant when he said not to boast against the branches?

    When he said, “You do not support the root, but the root supports you.”
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    You have the authority to take books out of the Bible? The councils of Rome, Hippo, and Carthage don’t have the authority to declare which books belong. But you do?
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    Actually, I think maybe Josiah said it on this thread.
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    Well, that’s the claim I’ve heard a million times from people like you. So what is your reason then to reject the decisions of these early church councils?
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    All the early Christians were just a bunch of Neanderthals who didn’t know any better. Our modern-day Christianity has the ecumenical authority to remove books from the Bible. We have the authority to make that decision for all of Christianity. Why? Because we said so. That’s why. Why else?
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    When you say “others did not”....were those “others” an ecumenical church council? You say that these church councils of Rome, Hippo, and Carthage were “just local councils” and therefore don’t have the authority to make a decision for all Christians, since they were not an ecumenical...
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    The author of Hebrews included Maccabees in the hall of faith. That’s clear evidence right there. and thanks for acknowledging that you have ZERO evidence of Jews who lived before Christ that rejected Maccabees.
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    The church councils declared them to be scripture, and ZERO church councils said they’re not. An individual’s opinion is just that...an opinion. Arius also had opinions. Some church fathers had opinions that Mary was not really a virgin when Jesus was born. An OPINION is not a church council.
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    When the King James Bible was published in 1611, it included Maccabees within its pages. And it was still called “The Good Book.” Now why’d we have to go and rip that out? Come on now. Don’t be doing that to The Good Book. God is watching.
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    The Protestant church is the faith that places its faith in those who don’t have faith. We worship the unbelieving Jews, we practically idolize Israel, and we rip books out of our Bibles because the rabbis told us to.
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    That’s really dishonest, man. The councils of Rome, Hippo, and Carthage were COUNCILS. Jerome and Athanasius voiced their opinion that these books don’t belong since the Jews don’t accept them. These church fathers were INDIVIDUALS with their own individual opinions. They were not church...
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    Hebrews 11:35 is the closest I got. But that’s slightly after Christ. I already told you that I don’t have any sources before Christ. And neither do you. I believe the early church (believers) and you believe the Jews (unbelievers). You don’t have any primary sources from before the time of...
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    So, let me get this straight. You believe that 1 Maccabees was authored by Jews before the time of Christ, but that they didn’t accept it as scripture. They just accepted it as “just history.” And yet, the only sources you have are the testimonies of unbelieving Jews who lived after the time of...
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    Show me the evidence, primary sources, from before the time of Christ, where the Jews made the claim that Maccabees is “just history” and not “holy scripture.”
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    Can you provide the historical evidence and proof that Maccabees was authored before the time of Christ? Or do you believe it was authored after Christ?
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    Maccabees wasn’t authored by Christians. The Catholic church didn’t make it up. It was authored by Jews who lived before Christ, and it fulfills the prophecies in Daniel 8 and 11. Why don’t YOU provide the evidence that Maccabees was written after the time of Christ, since that’s what you’re...
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    The Jews themselves admit it on their own website. At MyJewishLearning.com they admit that 1 Maccabees was in Hebrew originally, and that the council of Jamnia in 90 AD is when the decision was made to exclude it, and they don’t know why. They say so on their own websites. Besides, it’s the...
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    The Jews who lived before the time of Christ accepted Maccabees as scripture. That’s why they included it in the Greek Septuagint. And because the Septuagint included it, that’s why the early Christians accepted it. But after the time of Christ, the unbelieving Jews took it out. They wanted to...
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    Honestly, since Daniel prophesies about the history that took place in Maccabees, then it actually doesn’t make sense to me as to why Maccabees shouldn’t belong in our Bibles. That literally makes no sense to me. And since multiple early church councils declared Maccabees to be scripture, then...
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    Did Jesus celebrate the Holiday that commemorates the Maccabees?

    Repeating yourself again? Repeating yourself again? Repeating yourself again? What do you mean I’ve done nothing to support the claim that it’s scripture? 3 early church councils in the 300’s declared Maccabees to be scripture. THREE. How many early church councils can you point to that...
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