One thing I failed to mention: these spurious books are interspersed
throught the OT as part of Catholic Canon. When these books ( called
Apochrapha ) were included in the 1611 edition ( dropped in all
subsequent editions ) they were separated from the Canon and the preface
stated that these books were not part of the inspired Canon.
On Sat, 30 Jan 1999 22:15:42 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>In a message dated 1/30/99 10:00:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>> The Catholic Bible is particularly distasteful to Evangelicalism as
>it
>> contains several spurious books ( Tolbit, Bel and the Dragon et.
>al. )
>
>When I learned about the Bible in Christian School, it did not mention
>these
>as being books in the cannon in which the Bible as the Protestant
>knows it.
>If my understanding is correct, these such books are additions to what
>we
>already know as the Bible and the Bible itself spoke out against these
>things.
>To me a Dragon is a snake and a snake to me is a thing that means
>Satan.
>Catholics get their entire mass from this thing called a Missilette.
>I do not
>remember opening a Bible when I was a Catholic.
>
>Cmdr. Mike Burke
>
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