Let's not forget that Catholics reject the Gnostic texts, and that Jews reject the new testament, and that Atheists reject God, and that Muslims reject unbelief, and that Buddhists reject themselves, and that Agnostics don't know what to reject.
The story of religion is a history of rejections. ;-) ~violins~ Harry Grimer wrote: > At 10:23 am 06/10/2005 -0400, Stephen wrote: > >> Indeed, the particular collection was selected by a committee, and to >> this day there doesn't seem to be complete agreement on which books >> should be included in the Canon -- Wisdom and Maccabees, in particular, >> are included in the main body in some versions and relegated to the >> apocrypha in others, IIRC. > > > As far as I recall Maccabees was rejected by Protestants at the reformation > because it implied the existence of purgatory. I don't know who rejected > Wisdom or why. <snip>
