origin of the codified bible...

[joe370]

A question for non-Catholics:

I know that the apostles and their disciples wrote each respective book of the bible (New Testament) - at different times and in different places, but where did the bound codified bible come from, if not from the Catholic Church? I know that God is the author of the holy bible, but who put the table of contents in the holy bible, if not the Catholic Church?

 

[T_More]

My, but you are asking some tough questions, Joe!

 

[juliamajor]

A question for non-Catholics:

I know that the apostles and their disciples wrote each respective book of the bible (New Testament) - at different times and in different places, but where did the bound codified bible come from, if not from the Catholic Church? I know that God is the author of the holy bible, but who put the table of contents in the holy bible, if not the Catholic Church?

your question is not very clear.Are you talking about the format of the bible? Codices? are you talking verses and chapters?
Here is some info-
The chapter divisions commonly used today were developed by Stephen Langton, an Archbishop of Canterbury. Langton put the modern chapter divisions into place in around A.D. 1227. The Wycliffe English Bible of 1382 was the first Bible to use this chapter pattern. Since the Wycliffe Bible, nearly all Bible translations have followed Langton’s chapter divisions.

The Hebrew Old Testament was divided into verses by a Jewish rabbi by the name of Nathan in A.D. 1448. Robert Estienne, who was also known as Stephanus, was the first to divide the New Testament into standard numbered verses, in 1555. Stephanus essentially used Nathan’s verse divisions for the Old Testament. Since that time, beginning with the Geneva Bible, the chapter and verse divisions employed by Stephanus have been accepted into nearly all the Bible versions.

 

[joe370]

your question is not very clear.Are you talking about the format of the bible? Codices? are you talking verses and chapters?

**I am referring to the bible that you own; where did that bible come from, if not from the Catholic Church? I know that God is the author of the holy bible, but who put the table of contents in the holy bible, if not the Catholic Church?

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