The books that was removed from the bible are their avaiable for reading?

Answer 1

There were never books 'removed' from The Bible.

The Bible that we use today depends upon the denomination of the Christian.

Those who compiled Protestant Bibles (like the King James Version) believed that some of the books were less reliable (in, e.g. source or reputability) than others. Therefore these were not included in the Protestant Bible.

Instead, they were regarded as 'detero-canonical' that is, they were not heretical, but were of secondary importance to the rest of the books in the Bible. Therefore they were omitted. However, some Bibles still include these books as a separate section between the Old and New Testaments called the 'Apocrypha'. So, to read these, look for a Bible that states 'Old and New Testaments with Apocrypha'.

Other denominations, including Roman Catholics and Orthodox Churches accept these books into the full canon of scripture, and so, if you can get hold of a Roman Catholic Bible (like the Jerusalem Bible) these books are included as well as all the normal books that are in every Bible. Some Orthodox Churches differ again slightly from The Roman Catholic Church and include even further books that most churches regard as non-canonical. One book is called the Didache (pronounced "DID-Ah- Kay"), and is a short 'check-list' for living a good Christian life. There is nothing in the Didache that is heretical but most Churches found that, as they could not verify the author or guarantee its providence, it was not included in the canon of scripture.

The same happened with some of the 'apocryphal gospels' - Gospel stories like the Gospel of Thomas, which did not make it in to scripture but can be read online.

However, some 'gospel' accounts such as the Gospel of Mary and the Gospel of Judas were regarded as very unreliable as the earliest manuscript known was much later than the canonical books and so they were deemed to be much less reliable sources of the historical Jesus.

Many of the earliest Christian writings can be read online free at the link I have posted. This link includes the normal gospels and letters in the New Testament, plus the full texts of others, the original language, it gives an indication of the reliability of the text, notes on the texts and many other pieces of useful information.