Part Two
Bibliology: 13 THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
Bibliology: 13 THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE
A DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY
By Charles F Baker
The Old
Testament Apocrypha consists of 14 books: 1 and 2 Esdras, Tobit, Judith, The
Rest of Esther, The Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, with the Epistle
of Jeremiah, The Song of the Three Holy Children, The History of Susanna, Bel
and the Dragon, The Prayer of Manasses, 1 and 2 Maccabees. The Alexandrian
Manuscript adds 3 and 4 Maccabees. Of these fourteen books which Protestants
consider apocryphal, the Roman Catholic Church declares eleven to be canonical:
Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, 1 and 2 Maccabees (appearing as
separate books), and The Rest of Esther (added to canonical Esther) and The
Three Holy Children, Susanna, and Bel and the Dragon (added to canonical
Daniel). These books were written during the gap between the Testaments and
while they are valuable for historical reasons they were never considered
canonical by the Jews; they are never quoted in the New Testament; they make no
claim to inspiration; they contain historical inaccuracies and they are on a
much lower moral and spiritual level than the canonical books.
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