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1 day ago · Conclusion. The inclusion of additional books in the Catholic Bible is rooted in historical and theological complexities, including the enemy's intention to distort Scripture and the syncretization of the early Church under the Roman Empire. This process began when the early Christian church, largely adopting the Septuagint as its Old Testament ...
1 day ago · 11% of Protestants can't distinguish between Old, New Testaments. More than one-tenth of Protestants cited a New Testament story when asked about their favorite Old Testament passage, according to the results of a new study. Lifeway Research released a report last week titled “Protestant Churchgoer Views on Bible Stories” based on responses ...
1 day ago · The Protestant Reformation was a central event in Western religiosity. It is considered to represent a strong division within the Christianity of Europe between the Roman Catholic Church and the different Protestant denominations. This did not occur overnight; there was a mixture of theological, political, and social turbulence that had started hundreds of years before.
1 day ago · The Canon of Scripture: A Historical Overview. The Catholic Bible contains 73 books, whereas the Protestant Bible has 66. This discrepancy arises from the inclusion or exclusion of seven books known as the “Deuterocanonical” books. These books are Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, and 1 and 2 Maccabees, along with ...
2 days ago · What It Means to Be Protestant is obviously making an argument that Protestant Christianity is to be preferred. However, this is no anti-Catholic screed. Even while making the case for Protestantism, Ortlund joins thoughtful evangelicals like Tim Keller and Mark Noll in the affirmation that some Roman Catholics are brothers and sisters in Christ.
2 days ago · It means learning from many but being mastered only by Holy Scripture. Protestant theology and ecclesiology, as Ortlund shows, helps reform and renew the church in every generation to behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2 Cor 4:6). Scott Hurst pastors at Northminster Baptist Church in Toronto.
1 day ago · The Hebrew Bible includes only books known to Christians as the Old Testament. The arrangements of the Jewish and Christian canons differ considerably. The Protestant and Roman Catholic arrangements more nearly match one another. A brief treatment of the Bible follows. For full treatment, see biblical literature.
