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Irenaeus, assistant to the first Catholic-Orthodox bishop of Lyon (France) about 180 CE, called for four gospels, and exactly four, on the basis that there were four corners of the world and four winds. Those Gospels, he said, were to be those of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
The epistles attributed to St Paul were probably an automatic choice, as were those believed to be written by the early apostles.
In the fourth century, the Christian church began to concern itself about exactly what Old Testament books should be included, and Bishop Melito of Sardis went to Palestine to discover which Hebrew books belonged in the Hebrew canon.
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What Scriptures did the Catholic Church change in the Bible?
Roman Catholic AnswerYou are operating with a mistaken assumption. The Catholic Church wrote the Bible, the Catholic Church decided which books were canonical (included in the Bible), and the Catholic Church has conserved the Bible through the centuries. The only ones who changed any Scriptures in the Bible are the protestants, who, after fifteen centuries of a Bible preserved by the Catholic Church came along and threw books out of the Bible, and changed the meanings of books they would not throw out.
How many books are there in the Baptist church bible have?
66
Which 2 books are in the bible but not written among the 66 books?
There are no more books in the Bible. The Bible is complete with its 66 books which was decided by the church a few hundred years after it was founded by Jesus Christ.
What was first the Bible or the Church?
Some books in the Bible were known before the Church. Like the Book of Isaiah that Jesus read in the synagogue.
What are canonical books?
The books of the Bible that are accepted by a church. The Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches each have slightly different lists of books of the Bible that they accept as canonical.
Does the Catholic Church approve the reading of NKJV?
No, because the King James version of the Bible does not include all the canonical books of the Catholic Bible and has had many passages revised to suit the beliefs of the Protestants.
What is the church's official list of the books in the Christian bible?
Which church? Different churches have different official lists. For more details, check the Wikipedia article on "Books in the Bible" - it contains several such lists.
Does the Quran include the first five books of the Bible?
No. Quran has some accounts taken from the five books of the Bible.
How many books were approved by the church in the final canon of the bible?
27
What does a woman represent in the prophet books of the Bible?
it can rep some sort of church
Why isn't the name Catholic Church used in the Bible?
Roman Catholic AnswerThe Catholic Church wrote the New Testament, and decided which books would make up the canon of the Bible as we have it today. In other words, it preceded the Bible, and wrote it; authors do not normally include their names in their books - or answers for that matter. I do not write "PiusX says" although Wiki puts my name down at the bottom, you don't see me write it in the answer normally. In the same way, the Church does have "Church" in the Bible, but does not have "Catholic" in there. The word "Catholic" just means universal, and wasn't applied to the Church until the end of the first century.
What books of the Bible contain the word church?
Acts, Romans, Corinthians, and Galatians all contain the word church.
