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No church council can make the books of the Bible authoritative.

No church council can make the books of the Bible authoritative. The books of the Bible possess their own authority. The Procedure. Letters were written by the Apostles. Traded among churches. Copied to make them more available. People began collecting the Gospels and the Letters.

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No church council can make the books of the Bible authoritative.

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  1. No church council can make the books of the Bible authoritative. The books of the Bible possess their own authority.

  2. The Procedure Letters were written by the Apostles. Traded among churches. Copied to make them more available. People began collecting the Gospels and the Letters. A body of material was formed.

  3. Around 140 Marcion challenged the content of the New Testament Around 160 Montanus challenged the NT again

  4. What are some things we wouldn’t know if we did not have the Book of the Acts of the Apostles? Gospels Epistles THE OLD TESTAMENT

  5. What goes in the New Testament? Apostolic authorship. A long history of being read in the churches. An innate Authority of being the Word of God. A consistent message about God’s love for his people. This is what made a writing Holy Scripture.

  6. Overview of the Session • WEEK TITLE • 1. What the Bible Says about the Bible • 2. Manuscripts and Translations • 3. The Apocrypha • The “Lost” Books of the Bible? • and the Canon • 5. Translations, Versions and • How We Got the English Bible • 6.Modern Versions • Archeology and the Bible • The Prophecies Are aProof • How We Know the Bible Is True

  7. Why We Can Trust the Bible Gary and Barb Glover

  8. LESSON 5 Translations, Versions, and How We Got the English Bible

  9. All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 2 Timothy 3:16

  10. The English Bible is a translation of a translation of a translation (etc.) of the original, and fresh errors were introduced in each stage of the process.

  11. ORIGINAL WRITINGS (THE AUTOGRAPHS) FIRST COPIES LATIN TRANSLATION JEROME’S LATIN VULGATE Greek Greek Latin Latin TYNDALE FIRST ENGLISH BIBLE FROM THE GREEK WYCLIFF’S FIRST ENGLISH BIBLE ERASMUS GREEK NT AND LEXICON KING JAMES VERSION English English Greek English

  12. The King James Version or Authorized Version ORIGINAL WRITINGS (THE AUTOGRAPHS) FIRST COPIES LATIN TRANSLATION JEROME’S LATIN VULGATE Greek Greek Latin Latin TYNDALE FIRST ENGLISH BIBLE FROM THE GREEK WYCLIFF’S FIRST ENGLISH BIBLE ERASMUS GREEK NT AND LEXICON KING JAMES VERSION English English Greek English

  13. Why Can We Trust the Bible? because of the vast quantity of ancient manuscripts and the intense efforts of both friends and foes to evaluate their AUTHENTICITY.

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