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Wikipedia claims that the reason the British and Foreign Bible Society refused to print the "Apocrypha" sections from Bibles is to reduce the cost of production and make the bibles more affordable, but later they printed more bibles so more people would have them and the many Bible Societies that followed did the same thing, less books equals more money.. such a small section should be added back to the bibles in my opinion, I find no record of demand that the "apocrypha" section be removed from their bibles, not a single one besides these societies.
Let me clarify, I am not suggesting that they be added back in as official canon since that would only stir up controversy, but added in as the "apocrypha" as understood by early protestants who found the section good for edification.
From Wikipedia:
The British and Foreign Bible Society had in fact dropped the Apocrypha from its bibles published in English in 1804. This decision broke with the tradition of Myles Coverdale, of consolidating the Apocrypha between the two Testaments. They reasoned that by not printing the secondary material of Apocrypha within the Bible, the scriptures would prove to be less costly to produce.
Haldane and William Thorpe began a general campaign in 1821, against all Bibles with the Apocrypha and their printing with funds raised from British sources. The Society was divided over the issue, but the majority view favoured the existing policy of case-by-case inclusion. In Spring 1826 an attempt to reach a compromise with the Haldane ("Recordite") view broke down. As a result, the major Scottish branches in Edinburgh and Glasgow left the Society. Most Scottish branches followed, and a few in England.
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Here is a screenshot on the American Bible Society
Let me clarify, I am not suggesting that they be added back in as official canon since that would only stir up controversy, but added in as the "apocrypha" as understood by early protestants who found the section good for edification.
From Wikipedia:
The British and Foreign Bible Society had in fact dropped the Apocrypha from its bibles published in English in 1804. This decision broke with the tradition of Myles Coverdale, of consolidating the Apocrypha between the two Testaments. They reasoned that by not printing the secondary material of Apocrypha within the Bible, the scriptures would prove to be less costly to produce.
Haldane and William Thorpe began a general campaign in 1821, against all Bibles with the Apocrypha and their printing with funds raised from British sources. The Society was divided over the issue, but the majority view favoured the existing policy of case-by-case inclusion. In Spring 1826 an attempt to reach a compromise with the Haldane ("Recordite") view broke down. As a result, the major Scottish branches in Edinburgh and Glasgow left the Society. Most Scottish branches followed, and a few in England.
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Here is a screenshot on the American Bible Society
