Procrustes Stretched
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I am serious in asking "Should The Christian Bible Be Called "The Book of Opinions?""
I do know that the "Books" in the Bible were selected out of a larger group of books. The Synods ruled what was in and what was out.
One quote: "During the fourth century, several church synods, such as the Councils of Rome (382), Hippo (393), and Carthage (397), accepted all 27 books of the New Testament as canonical."
We have this:
The Deuterocanonical Books
Some of the Books tell different versions of a story, whereas some Books tell a story not in other Books. Is that not "opinion?"
Some self-appointed authorities got to decide. Often by brute force anathematizing or killing off those who challenged them.
I am serious in asking "Should The Christian Bible Be Called "The Book of Opinions?""
I do know that the "Books" in the Bible were selected out of a larger group of books. The Synods ruled what was in and what was out.
One quote: "During the fourth century, several church synods, such as the Councils of Rome (382), Hippo (393), and Carthage (397), accepted all 27 books of the New Testament as canonical."
We have this:
The Deuterocanonical Books
Some of the Books tell different versions of a story, whereas some Books tell a story not in other Books. Is that not "opinion?"
Some self-appointed authorities got to decide. Often by brute force anathematizing or killing off those who challenged them.
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