apocrypha

I thought I would run this idea by this forum first, given the intelligence and open mindedness of this community, although on reflection, while I am in some respects liberal, I am in other respects moderate, in still others, conservative, and in all things, inspired by temptation. So this...

So leading up to my Question, I need to layout some principles: In II Timothy 3, there is a simple formula to determine which books are scripture and which books are not. It has a simple God given checklist of five blocks: able to make wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ...

This book and "The Book of the Bee" (Nestorian) are two related Syriac Apocryphal works. It's something to read when you are looking for something quirky or when you want to try to understand how some of the non-Western Christians of ancient times believed and thought about things...

I'm genuinely interested in hearing about how many books are in a canon. The number varies greatly. The Lutheran Position on this subject is unique. While today, especially in the West, Lutherans keep and utilize Bibles with the 66 standard Protestant books, Lutherans have never been...

This site has lists of the ancient canons Ancient Canon Lists and this is where I get most of my information in this post from. First they falsely claim that Athanasius did not regard any of the apocrypha as inspired which is flase because in his list he considers Baruch and the Epistle of...

2 Esdras - Wikipedia I started reading this book because it’s a very important work in Christian history. The Georgian Orthodox Church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the Orthodox Tewahedo Church accepts it as canon as well as Protestants and Catholics who regard it as good to read. So I...

What does your church recognise as its biblical canon?

Should Christians read the 'lost' gospels in Bible study or read them in church for the purposes of a sermon, for example? Should they not be read at all? Could they be read academically, but not in church or bible study?

Ascension/Assumption of Moses blatantly teaches that Open Theism is wrong By Original Truth Movement Saturday, March, 5, 2016 All quotes from the Ascension/Assumption of Moses are from the biblicalaudio.com version found at this link: http://www.biblicalaudio.com/ascension.html. Dear...