'Lost books' of the Bible

[mercuriel]

Hi there,

Within the Sacred text of Scripture at various points throughout the Old and New Testaments there is mention of certain texts or so called ‘lost’ books which are not in the canon.

E.g. the Book of Jasher and the so called Epistle to the Laodiceans.

Especially in the case of St. Paul who most likely wrote another Epistle to the Laodicean Church–he appears to refer to it in Colossians 4:16–are we to assume that because they are lost they are therefore uninspired, even though the rest of St. Paul’s writing that we have are considered inspired?

Or are we just unfortunate enough to have lost a number of inspired Scripture forever in time?

Thank you,
Chris

 

[Vic_Taltrees_UK]

Many were lost during persecution.

There were also lootings and burnings of libraries.

 

[steve53]

Without question, Paul probably wrote dozens if not hundreds of letters after his conversion.

He was that kind of guy.

Most were lost, of course.

 

[COPLAND_3]

We are not unfortunate in the since of losing out on more canonical books, because the Bible is a matter of what God decided and worked through the Church to authenticate. But we are unfortunate in the sense of how interesting it would be to read them!

 

[The_Serpent]

“The cloak that I left at Troas, with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, especially the parchments.” II Timothy 4:13

Wonder what St. Paul had in Books and Parchments? Also what happened to them after his death? There are many Lost Books from the Bible. But, we have what God wanted saved for us. Who knows what the future holds?