Did Martin Luther remove books from the Bible?

[CaptFun]

I need explcit and unambiguous proof that Martin Luther removed 7 books from the NT Canon in 1530’s? I looked over at what you guys put out but it is a mostly…"Coulda woulda shoulda and “he did”… That is not proof. There must exist some clear historical reference out there in Internet land whereby I can find this information. Wiki is blurry… Does anyone have it?

bible-researcher.com/antilegomena.html

Maybe these excerpts will help you – its not all together as your question is but

beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2015/01/luthers-view-of-canon-of-scripture.html

On this (above) site in a section titled

“Martin Luther Did Not Remove Books From the Bible …” it yet says …

During these years, various incomplete editions were released.

Some Protestants might be surprised to learn that Luther also translated the Apocrypha.] …

 

[dmar198]

(Note that not only are Hebrews and James in the standard order (between Philemon and 1-2 Peter), the apocryphal Epistle to the Laodiceans (zu den Laodiceern) is listed between Hebrews and James!)

Interesting feature in an early Catholic Bible. I wonder, does the Letter to the Laodiceans have a preface that clarifies it’s status?

 

[Dave_Noonan]

bible-researcher.com/antilegomena.html

Maybe these excerpts will help you – its not all together as your question is but

beggarsallreformation.blogspot.com/2015/01/luthers-view-of-canon-of-scripture.html

On this (above) site in a section titled

“Martin Luther Did Not Remove Books From the Bible …” it yet says …

During these years, various incomplete editions

Luther released editions that contained only partial translations as they were completed–so there was no “removing”. Similarly, today one can find editions of the Bible containing just the New Testament or say, just the New Testament and Psalms. Or, as one might find the Biblia Hebraica Quinta being released today as each particular book is completed.

Luther’s 1534 edition makes it clear that the contents of his Bible are “the entirety of Scripture.” If you want to know what Luther considered to be scripture, look between the covers of that edition.