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Lv 6

Why did they ban certain books from the Bible and were they originally intended to be a part of the Bible?

How can we get the original message when men have banned books and took out certain words and meanings? Who does this "King James" think he is to censor the Bible according to the way he likes it and why accept it that way?

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  • 6 years ago

    Why did they ban certain books from the Bible

    - they were inconvenient, they induced too much thinking and intelligence.

    were they originally intended to be a part of the Bible?

    - the only things that were "intended" were the convenient books that were voted on.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    There was no original intention. The Bible came together by vote in Rome. Someone here will surely cite the Roman Council that made it official. There were arguments over which books to include. For instance, the book of Revelation almost didn't make the cut.

  • Moi
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    You refer to pseudoepigrapha/apocrypha

    They were eliminated early on because of dubious authorship and/or conflicting doctrine.

    An easy read shows this to be the case.

    Luther put them in the very center of the Bible - separate from all the rest - and stated that they were a nice read but they werent God-inspired and therefore not profitable for doctrine

    This is "the little book" described in Revelation.

    Rev 10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

  • 6 years ago

    He only authorized the books that could be verified as authentic. It kept fraudulent writings out of the Bible.

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  • 6 years ago

    King James was a homosexual. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it's generally known that he was having sexual relations with multiple male courtiers in his court. Everyone who reads the KJB should remember that every time they pick up the book.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    If you are seeking a new and different explanation of the truth that makes sense, search for TRUTH CONTEST in Google and click the 1st result, then click on THE PRESENT and read what it says. This is truth you can check.

  • Archer
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    One can not for the church only selected the canons which supported it's existence and chosen doctrines.

  • 6 years ago

    Trust God......his book saids what saids and he would not have any different.

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