Has no one else here read the Book of Enoch?
2 Tim. 3:16
by kwintestal 13 Replies latest watchtower beliefs
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Narkissos
Yes of course!
Here's an English translation and introductions online:
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Leolaia
kwintestal....Check out the following thread on what counted as "scripture" for the NT writers and the early Church; there is a wealth of information in this thread....
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/10/80498/1.ashx
Unfettered...Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and the anonymous author of Barnabas also freely cited 1 Enoch as inspired "scripture". Indeed, as the thread referenced above brought out, many Church Fathers (even Jerome!) regarded noncanonical books as inspired or even as scripture, though they do not belong to the canon. Only relatively recently (especially in Protestant Christianity) has canonicity, inspiration, and scriptural status been treated as the exclusive domain of the present 66-book Bible. Earlier Christians either had a more open canon or even with a closed canon still regarded other books as inspired or scriptural though not authoritative (canonical).
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Unfettered
Great! we are on the same page then. I just thought I said something that might have offended someone who may still be somewhat fundamental in their belief system. Didn't want to be a thread killer.