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the Apocrypha
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 i was reading some where where these books are called pagan this is not true the pagans do not believe in god and the books are based god based i have read many of the books and have found the spiritually moving. we do not know who wrote most of the books their identity was lost though the ages but that doesn't make these books any less valuable. below are some links that have the Apocrypha.what if these books are inspired the lord i dont know and i would hate to think that just because a few men though out history say these books are worthless and i dismiss them that i might just be missing some important messages that the lord ment for us to know

 

 http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01601a.htm

http://www.thelostbooks.com/list.htm

http://www.gnosis.org/library/cac.htm

34:16 Seek ye out of the book of Jehovah, and read: no one of these shall be missing, none shall want her mate; for my mouth, it hath commanded, and his Spirit, it hath gathered them.
34:16 See what is recorded in the book of the Lord: all these will be there, not one without the other: the mouth of the Lord has given the order, and his spirit has made them come together.
34:16 Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

 

34:16 Seek and read from the book of the LORD: Not one of these shall be missing; none shall be without her mate. For the mouth of the LORD has commanded, and his Spirit has gathered them.

and this is what the Vulgate says

 Isaiah 3416Search ye diligently in the book of the Lord, and read: not one of them was wanting, one hath not sought for the other: for that which proceedeth out of my mouth, he hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

 
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jeannie C
 jeannie C
March 28, 2007
i have a copy of the apocrypha i must admit that i haven't finished reading it all yet but i agree with you there is a lot of it that is inspiring i personally liked Bel and the dragon  and Susanna and i haven't read the Vulgate but i have the link to an online one on my web page U.F.M. it seems no matter which version you read it wont be like the true one because most of the words in the original bible could not be translated in to other languages the only way to read it the way god ment for us to is to learn the languages that it was written in. but i think the people who traslated it did a pretty good job. the KJV is old world english not hebrew or even greek its how the english spoke durning that time. and from the looks of the vulgate i would say the same is also true of it.
Heather Davis
 Heather Davis
March 28, 2007

Are you talking about the gnostics (the new testament ones) or the questionable OT ones (such as many of those Catholics go by?)

In either case, I believe it's because of the questionable authorship and, more importantly the incongruencies to the other books of the Bible.  This is something I'm not well educated on and seek to study more myself, but it will be awhile.

It is believed that the construction of the bible was as inspired by the Holy Spirit as the actual writing was. You have to realise that once you begin questioning what books *should* have been included in the bible, it is possible to question which possibly *should not* have been, and this can lead to all sorts of heresies.  I'm throwing out some facts.  My opinion is that the bible as we have it is complete and needs nothing more.  If you want to indulge in the other books, it doesn't hurt to study them, but make sure you know the bible as it stands well enough, first.  There's a lot to understand about these other books, and I think that a potential thing to research is *why* they were not included. 

I say this because even I have been fascinated by the idea.  The idea that there were "hidden books" of the bible--almost like an easter egg in a video game--made them more exciting to look into than the books of the bible that are already there.  I do not doubt that some of the apocryphic books are indeed inspired by the Holy Spirit to some extent.  There are many modern books that are also inspired (and are very spiritually moving,) and there are many things I hear from others at times that makes me go, "That's the Spirit speaking through them."  Spiritually moving th ings!  But I would take only the Bible as it stands as the only scripture completely of the Spirit; the Bible should take priority over anything else that is written, and anything else that is written should first agree with what is Biblical.  Get what I'm saying? :-)