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Why are Christians so afraid of the word 'Apocrypha'?
Apocrypha means Hidden. That's it. Hidden Gospels? What's so evil about that? And why is the Catholic Church in charge of which books get to be in the New Testament (and the Old)? Even Jude quotes the Book of Enoch -- but the Christian churches still don't see the value of such books. Why?
What was 'blasphemous' was defined four hundred years after Jesus died.
Darth: Enoch also describes in detail a black hole. It's incredible.
And for the first 1500 years if you didn't want to end up on a spitfire, you had Better be Catholic.
...I don't 'believe' in the book of Enoch. I just follow the teachings of Jesus and love my brother and enemy. BUT, I think that people should take into consideration some of these books which contain as much wisdom as the accepted books today.
13 Antworten
- solariusLv 7vor 1 JahrzehntBeste Antwort
What? I was raised reading the Apocrypha, and have read a number of non-canonical gospels. There is nothing "evil" about them. They're books.
- vor 1 Jahrzehnt
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Enoch talk about reincarnation? That is antithetical to Christian teaching and is probably why, among other reasons unknown to me, that it was rejected from inclusion in the canon. The canon established in 397 included the "apocrypha", because the Church deemed it proper to include it. Protestants accept the declaration of NT canon from the Catholic Church.
Catholics decided because for the first 1500 years of Christianity, there were no other "denominations". There simply weren't. If you were a Christian, you were Catholic.
If you so believe in the Book of Enoch, feel free to start your own church and make up whatever canon you'd like.
Edit: Don't get me wrong, I think there is tremendous value in other ancient texts. Have you read the Didache or Justin Martyr?
- Nicholas RLv 6vor 1 Jahrzehnt
The books of Enoch may have been part of the Jew's apocryphal literature, but were never included in Christian Bibles' Apocrypha, except for the Copts, maybe. The technical name for Enoch is psuedoepigraphical.
Yours in Christ, Nick
- Anonymvor 1 Jahrzehnt
I LOVE the word! I am fascinated by the hidden Gospels, and the Book of Enoch is very interesting.
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- vor 5 Jahren
The story of how Hanukkah came to be is contained in the books of 1 and 2 Maccabees, which are not part of the Jewish canon of the Hebrew Bible.
- SpitfireLv 6vor 1 Jahrzehnt
Who says we're afraid of it? I've read it. I still have my copy of the Catholic bible. It's not frightening at all.
- JackBondLv 6vor 1 Jahrzehnt
We're not afraid of the word, we just dislike the blasphemous addition (called the Apocrypha) to the real gospel.
- Anonymvor 1 Jahrzehnt
Because Christians want to make their own bible all the time.
