The reason they waited until the Council of Trent in to officially add the Apocrypha to their Bible was in response to the Protestant Reformation. Men like Martin Luther were exposing the fact that the Catholic Church was using the Apocrypha, and not the 66 books of the Bible, to support many of their beliefs.
So, to solve this issue they simply declared the Apocryphal books to be on the same par as the 66 canonical books. As a result of these reasons Evangelical Christians must reject the Apocrypha as divinely inspired. However, just because the Apocrypha is not on the same plane as Scripture it can have some value. It can provide us with some good historical information which may help us understand our New Testament better; especially during the year period between the Old and New Testament.
While Christians should definitely not use the Apocrypha for their daily devotions, reading these books can help us learn what is harmful in them as well as what is helpful. I leave the choice up to you. Skip to content Site Overlay. While Jesus and the apostles cite the Old Testament literally several hundred times they never quote from any of the apocryphal books that are accepted by the Roman Catholic Church. While Jesus refers to many of the Old Testament books as Scripture, He never refers to any of the apocryphal books as Scripture.
Paul and the other apostles also quoted the Old Testament many times too, but none of them quote the Apocrypha or describe it as Scripture. Reason 2 — There are no predictive prophecies in the books of the Apocrypha. One of the best reasons that we know the Scriptures are divinely inspired is the amazing amount of fulfilled prophecies they contain. As I have shared in a previous devotion there is no religion extant in the world today with one viable, believable, or verifiable prophecy except Christianity.
The Quran, the Book of Mormon, the Hindu Vedas, and all the other sacred religious writings boast no fulfilled prophecies in them. Perhaps the biggest reason these books were even up for discussion is because St. While Jerome included these books in his Vulgate, he specifically differentiated them from the rest of the Bible.
Only Scripture establishes Christian doctrine. Knowing the origins of their inclusion in the Latin Vulgate and the late declaration of their canonical status is yet another reason to reject these books as Scripture. The Maccabees, for example, give us some useful history and tell us why Jews celebrate Hanukkah. Some of the books, like Tobit and Susanna, contain entertaining stories. In other words, the Apocrypha is interesting and contains some historical details. Ryan Leasure holds an M. You must be logged in to post a comment.
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