Our small group wondered who compiled the first Bible and when was the first time it was used in a church?
We do not know when it was first used in the Church. The first documented use was in the year 106 AD.
The first season for the church year is Advent .
Called "cycles" of the liturgical year, these rotate to a new letter (A, B or C) each calendar year at the First Sunday in Advent. Each years cycle has different readings from the Bible.
Catholics inherited the Old Testament Scriptures from the Jews, this was called the Septuagint, and was the Bible in Greek that Our Blessed Lord, and His Apostles used. It was produced in the third century before Christ, and has been the common Scriptures used for centuries by most of the Jews, and then by the Christian Church. The list of the canonical Scriptures was produced around the year 382 A.D. and is found in a work call The Decree of [Pope] Damasus, which is either a papal decree OR the work of the Council of Rome which was held in 382 A.D.
The first Sunday of Advent is the first day of the Church year. The actual date changes each year. That can be between the 27th of November and the 3rd of December.
They printed there first Gideon bible in the year 1908.
There was a split in the Roman Catholic Church and Protestants arrived.
In the Catholic Church, the first Sunday of Advent is the beginning of the Church year, which is the first of the four Sundays before Christmas, usually around Thanksgiving in the United States.
Most scholars place the beginning of the Church (which was founded at Pentecost) in the year 33 A.D.
The King James version of the Bible was first published in 1611.
Alice L. Camille has written: '2010' -- subject(s): Meditations, Bible, Church year meditations, Catholic Church, Prayers and devotions '2009' -- subject(s): Bible, Catholic Church, Devotional calendars, Meditations, Prayers and devotions, Church year meditations 'The Rosary' 'Listening to and proclaiming God's word' -- subject(s): Catholic Church, Spirituality, Evangelistic work
It was completed in 1599