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And which of those 74 books were included in the canon of inspired books? Also, what did he do with portions of Daniel and Esther? You seem to conveniently omit that crucial aspect.
Which do you think are?
I favor all of them. EO think there’s more.
 
So, what did Martin Luther do with portions of Daniel and Esther? @JonNC
 
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I favor all of them. EO think there’s more.
I didn’t ask which ones you favor or what the EO thinks. Can you not answer the question: which of those 74 books were included in the canon of inspired books?
 
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So, what did Martin Luther do with portions of Daniel and Esther? @JonNC
I thought you were a Lutheran for 25 years. Here is his commentary:
Preface to Parts of Esther and Daniel 1534
Here follow several pieces which we did not wish to translate [and include] in the prophet Daniel and in the book of Esther. We have uprooted such cornflowers (because they do not appear in the Hebrew versions of Daniel and Esther). And yet, to keep them from perishing, we have put them here in a kind of special little spice garden or flower bed since much that is good, especially the hymn of praise, Benedicite, is to be found in them. But the texts of Susanna, and of Bel, Habakkuk, and the Dragon, seem like beautiful religious fictions, such as Judith and Tobit, for their names indicate as much. For example, Susanna means a rose, that is, a nice pious land and folk, or a group of poor people among the thorns; Daniel means a judge, and so on. Be the story as it may, it can all be easily interpreted in terms of the state, the home, or the devout company of the faithful.[LW 35:353]
 
I’ll bet you one American dollar that @guanophore already has some experience and familiarity with the topic. 🤑
If she will not believe what a person reports who owns a Lutheran Bible (same as the original) that contains those books, I don’t think any persuasion is going to work.

But I will give you a dollar just for reading my posts.😄
 
I thought you were a Lutheran for 25 years. Here is his commentary
It was a rhetorical question. He removed, excuse me, ‘uprooted such cornflowers’ and put them into a ‘kind of special little spice garden or flower bed’, i.e. non-inspired section. That is tampering with and removing Scripture.
 
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JonNC:
I thought you were a Lutheran for 25 years. Here is his commentary
It was a rhetorical question. He removed, excuse me, ‘uprooted such cornflowers’ and put them into a ‘kind of special little spice garden or flower bed’, i.e. non-inspired section. That is tampering with and removing Scripture.
Did he remove them? No.
 
Did he remove them? No
Putting them into a non-inspired section is removing them from inspired Scripture. So, if I translated the Holy Bible and uprooted some New Testament books, say James, Jude, Hebrews, and Revelation and put them into a non-inspired ‘spice garden’, we’d be okay?
 
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But, he did! Also, that is merely stating a fact. Please, I kindly recommend you research this.
Great! Would you like to provide me with a copy of his Bible in which they are not present? OR perhaps, a writing of his that states he did remove them (with or without an explanation)?
My Bible has the regular texts, and the Apocrypha texts are included in a separate heading, after the OT, before the NT. I’m Lutheran and I’ve read them. It was part of the confirmation/cathechism studies.
Perhaps @AugustTherese means to say that they were put under a different heading than they were in Catholic bibles? Or that he referred to them as Apocrypha rather than Deuterocanon? I think maybe Dr. Martin had more in common with St. Jerome that he is given credit sometimes.
And which of those 74 books were included in the canon of inspired books?
Luther included the same ones St. Jerome did.
 
And, thanks be to God we have a Magisterium with authority straight from Christ Himself in that we do not have to rely on individual opinion.
This is an odd response to JonNC, I thought. He asked you for clarification about your assertion that Lutherans had a false view of justification and sanctification. Are you expecting us to rely on YOUR “individual opinion” on this thread?
 
Which version of the Bible do you use, SnowRose? More Protestant Bibles are now including them either in the middle or in the back but not the way they are in our Catholic Bibles.

The books you refer to as the Apocrypha are properly called the Deuterocanon. If you had a Catholic Bible, you would see them in their correct order with the rest of the books of the Holy Bible.
 
So, if I translated the Holy Bible and uprooted some New Testament books, say James, Jude, Hebrews, and Revelation and put them into a non-inspired ‘spice garden’, we’d be okay?
No, I think not. I think that you know these books should not be removed, so for you, it would be a sin!

James 4:17 Whoever knows what is right to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

And those of us who accept these books as inspired scripture would not be “ok” because we might think you were guilty of heresy! And even if you were not, we cannot relinquish the faith that has been handed down to us from the Apostles.

However, I think spending time in a spice garden is very good for the soul, and recommend it highly, whether one takes their Bible, or not!
 
I’m using the Church of Sweden standard bible (2000 translation). You can probably read the headings in the picture. Ester comes in both versions. (Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
The rest of the apocrypha, like the stories of Mary’s childhood, are in a separate book last published in the early 70s, but which has been around since the 1500s.

I don’t see the point of using a Catholic bible, since I’m not Catholic and don’t intend to convert. But thanks for offering.

Edit: there’s a note that the last seven letters used to be known as the catholic letters, that’s James, both Peter, three John and Jude. I don’t know if other protestant denominations include them or not.
The letters are followed by Revelations.
 
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I’ve never heard of the Church of Sweden Standard Bible.

By the stories of Mary’s childhood, are you perhaps referring to the Protoevangelium of James?

You would only be looking at the table of contents to see where the deuterocanonical books are properly placed. No one is asking you to convert from your chosen religion. Nor does anyone expect you to. Conversions are the Holy Spirit’s job.
 
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