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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    No evidence that the early church was led by the Holy Spirit? Wow.
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    I believe that God led the early church by his Holy Spirit to decide which books belong in the New Testament, as well as the old .
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    He’s still dodging the question. He won’t even give a straight answer.
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    You say that the councils of Rome, Hippo, and Carthage have no authority. By whose authority do you make that claim?
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    You didn’t answer my question. By whose authority do you say 1 and 2 Maccabees are not holy scripture? Whose? And who decided which books belong in the New Testament? I won’t be surprised if you refuse to answer these questions, since you’ve already dodged them the first time I asked.
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    You say that the books called Apocrypha (Maccabees, Tobit, Judith, etc.) are not canonical. But multiple early church councils declared that they are canonical. So, when you say that they are not, whose authority are you basing that on? Your own? Someone else’s? Who’s?
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    Someone had to decide which books belong in the New Testament. Who was it? The church? The Jews? You? Fox News? Who made the decision which books belong in the New Testament? Tell us, if you think you’re so smart.
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    Should there be 2 books of Ezra, or just 1?

    So, is Ezra and Nehemiah combined what makes up the book of 1 Esdras? If so, then what is 2 Esdras?
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    Who decided the New Testament?
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    The early church didn’t decide the New Testament?
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    “Where they burn books, so too will they in the end burn human beings.” -Heinrich Heine, 1821
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    How is it that the early church has the authority to decide the New Testament, but no authority to decide the Old Testament?
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    Should there be 2 books of Ezra, or just 1?

    The Jews had both Ezra and Nehemiah on the same scroll, and were both together considered one book by the early church. But early church councils said that there should be 2 books of Ezra.
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    The point I was making is that you can’t treat Josephus the same as Maccabees. The councils of Rome, Hippo, and Carthage declared them to be holy scripture in the late 300’s. Yes, they were local. No, they weren’t ecumenical (worldwide). Authoritative? Well, they were authoritative locally...
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    There’s a difference with Maccabees though. Maccabees was declared to be scripture by multiple early church councils. Josephus was not. Maccabees was in every Christian’s Bible for the first 1500 years of Christianity until the Protestants took it out. Josephus was not. Is that really an honest...
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    Can you explain what you mean?
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    Let me just share my own experience. Basically, over the course of more than 20 years of being a Christian, I’ve read through he Bible multiple times. I’ve also read through the book of Daniel multiple times. But I could never understand Daniel 8 or Daniel 11. They were always so confusing...
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    Wow
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    If the prophecies in Daniel cannot be understood without reading the history of the Maccabees, then how is it beneficial to tell people not to read it?
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    What is the main reason why the Apocrypha doesn’t belong in the Bible?

    So the books in the apocrypha were authored by Catholics, and they’re about Catholic history?
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