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"They also decided which books made it into the bible, and which ones were "apocryphal" That's a bit far fetched claim. Apocryphal books are apocryphal for a r
by piokoch 8y ago
"They also decided which books made it into the bible, and which ones were "apocryphal"
That's a bit far fetched claim. Apocryphal books are apocryphal for a reason, they didn't make into the canon as they couldn't have been written by witnesses of what happened at the beginning of our era - mentioned geographical places are wrong, mentioned historical events and people are messed up, language is wrong, etc.
- krapp 8y agoYou're not actually discrediting the claim that they 'decided which books made it into the bible, and which ones were "apocryphal"', only offering a rationale for doing so. It remains true that they decided which parts of existing and accepted Christian doctrine were true and which parts were no longer true.