Matthew
2008-05-23 23:31:32 UTC
The New Testament canon used by the Western Church, in particular
Protestants has 27 books. But this is not the canon used by the
Eastern Church, which is only 22 books all written by Jews. The
Eastern Church has always rejected five spurious and forged books
(whose authors were Greeks not Jewish). These books are the Church of
the East (COE) labels "Apocryphal":
1. Revelation
2. 2 John
3. 3 John
4. 2 Peter
5. Jude
Even Martin Luther, a Western Christian scholar who studied the book
of Revelation analysing its authorship concluded it was not of
Johanine authorship. He futher accused the Roman Catholic Church of
adding it into the Bible without authority. The monk Martin wrote a
letter to the Patriarch of the Church of the East (which was
discovered by archeologists commissioned by President Saddam Hussein)
that praised the Nestorians for also not accepting Roman Catholic
forgery called "book of Revelation" as Johannine. Tragically, most
Lutherans and Martin himself rejected Aramaic primacy, for if they had
accepted Nestorianism, there would be no Protestant reformation but a
Nestorian reformation.
COE official Bible the Peshitta text has an Old Testament canon which
includes what protestants call "Apocryphal books" but our New
Testament excludes 5 books in the Protestant canon, which the COE
refers to as forgeries by the Greeks. Majority of Western scholars,
both Catholic and Protestant alike agree that 2 Peter was never
written by Apostle Peter. Likewise, even HH Pope Benedict XVI has
acknowledged that both 2 Peter and 3 John were not written by apostles
during their lifetime but sometime in the 2nd century to counter
certain heresies.
--
regards,
Matthew L. Hedrick
----
[To avoid confusion: typically people in this group refer to the
Eastern church they are thinking of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
They agree with Protestants on the NT canon, although disagreeing on
the OT canon. I believe Matthew is referring to the body described
here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_East
--clh]
Protestants has 27 books. But this is not the canon used by the
Eastern Church, which is only 22 books all written by Jews. The
Eastern Church has always rejected five spurious and forged books
(whose authors were Greeks not Jewish). These books are the Church of
the East (COE) labels "Apocryphal":
1. Revelation
2. 2 John
3. 3 John
4. 2 Peter
5. Jude
Even Martin Luther, a Western Christian scholar who studied the book
of Revelation analysing its authorship concluded it was not of
Johanine authorship. He futher accused the Roman Catholic Church of
adding it into the Bible without authority. The monk Martin wrote a
letter to the Patriarch of the Church of the East (which was
discovered by archeologists commissioned by President Saddam Hussein)
that praised the Nestorians for also not accepting Roman Catholic
forgery called "book of Revelation" as Johannine. Tragically, most
Lutherans and Martin himself rejected Aramaic primacy, for if they had
accepted Nestorianism, there would be no Protestant reformation but a
Nestorian reformation.
COE official Bible the Peshitta text has an Old Testament canon which
includes what protestants call "Apocryphal books" but our New
Testament excludes 5 books in the Protestant canon, which the COE
refers to as forgeries by the Greeks. Majority of Western scholars,
both Catholic and Protestant alike agree that 2 Peter was never
written by Apostle Peter. Likewise, even HH Pope Benedict XVI has
acknowledged that both 2 Peter and 3 John were not written by apostles
during their lifetime but sometime in the 2nd century to counter
certain heresies.
--
regards,
Matthew L. Hedrick
----
[To avoid confusion: typically people in this group refer to the
Eastern church they are thinking of the Eastern Orthodox churches.
They agree with Protestants on the NT canon, although disagreeing on
the OT canon. I believe Matthew is referring to the body described
here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_East
--clh]