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,This one was actually my fault, I forgot that the Council of Trent was brought forth by the Protestant Reformation and not vice versa
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The '''Bible''' is the collection of documents acknowledged by Christians to be inspired by God. The Protestant Bible contains 66 books (Catholic and Orthodox contain 73, while the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible recognizes the most books: 81 in total) and is divided into the [[Old Testament]] and the [[New Testament]]. It tells of the story of the [[creation]] of the universe and [[man]] by [[God]], the rebellion of man against God and his rescue plan for humanity through his Son, [[Jesus Christ]].
===[[Books of the Bible]]===
====[[An overview of the Bible]] and [[Bible Dictionary: BibleOld Testament]]====
====[[Characters of the BibleNew Testament]]====
The New Testament tells the story of Jesus and the early church. The New Testament contains different categories as well including the [[Bible studiesGospels]] which describe the birth, ministry, sermonsdeath and resurrection of Jesus, commentaries and referencesthe book of Acts which tells the story of the formation of the early church. The New Testament also contains a number of letters or [[epistles]]to various early Christian communities. It finishes with the Book of Revelation which is apocalyptic prophecy that paints a picture of the final victory of Christ, calling on his followers to persevere despite persecution.
====Extra-Biblical texts - [[Miscellaneous Bible topicsApocrypha]]====
A number of books are not considered to be part of the Bible by Protestant Christians, but are by other denominations - these books are referred to as [[Apocrypha|apocryphal literature]]. Although not considered canon by Protestants, generally they are not regarded as [[Heresy|heretical]] either (although there are exceptions). The reasons some of the apocryphal books were omitted from the original Hebrew Bible used by the Jews, was due to their original language not using the Hebrew Script (as Hebrew and Aramaic does). The [[Books of the Maccabees]] was written in Greek so it was regarded as divinely inspired but not scripture.
====Formation of the Bible / [[Biblical Canon]]====
Though the Early Church used the Old Testament, the apostles did not otherwise leave a defined set of new scriptures; instead the New Testament developed over time. All New Testament scripture was wrote during the first century AD. By the fourth century the books included by today'''s Protestants in the [[Bible]] were roughly agreed upon and officially in 382 AD, the [[Council of Rome]] was held which canonized the Bible Versions as having 66 total books: 39 in the wiki'''Old Testament (which the Jews agreed upon in the 4th century BC), and 27 in the New Testament.
The dispute over the Old Testament would wage on for over a millennia and the Catholic Church agreed at the end of the [[King James VersionCouncil of Trent]]in 1563 that the Old Testament would be comprised of 46 books with some books being added onto. The books officially added included the following: [[Book of Tobit|Tobit]], [[Book of Judith|Judith]], [[First book of Maccabees|1 Maccabees]], [[Second book of Maccabees|2 Maccabees]], [[Wisdom of Solomon|Wisdom]], [[Book of Sirach|Sirach]], and [[Book of Baruch|Baruch]]; and the books altered are [[Book of Esther|Esther]] ([[Additions to Esther|additions]]) and [[Book of Daniel|Daniel]] ([[Additions to Daniel|additions]]). The controversial decision at Trent was brought upon due to the [[Protestant Reformation]], which created [[Protestantism]]. All branches of Protestantism don't recognize the decision that was made during the Council of Trent.
===[[Bible, English, World English|The World English Translating the Bible]]===
The original languages of the various books of the Bible were [[The American Standard VersionBiblical Hebrew|American Standard Version BibleHebrew]] (for Old Testament books) and [[Koine Greek]] (for New Testament books). A small amount of the [[book of Daniel]] was originally written in [[Aramaic]].
In the first few centuries after Christ the Bible was translated into a few other ancient languages (for example [[Updated King James Version|Updated King James VersionLatin]]) but it wasn't until the Protestant [[Reformation]] that widespread translation of the Bible into many languages (such as German and English) really began to occur.
===[[Interpreting the Bible]]===
Biblical '''[[Hermeneutics]]''' is the technical term for the study of interpreting and understanding the Bible and applying it to today's context. It is closely related to '''[[exegesis]]''' which is the study of understanding what the Biblical author's meant and what their audience would have understood.
* [[Poetical Books of the Old Testament]]:* Wisdom Books - [[Job]] | [[Proverbs]] | [[Ecclesiastes]]:* Poetry - [[Psalms]] | [[Song of Solomon]] | [[LamentationsMatthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary]]
* [[Easton's Bible Dictionary]]
''Abraham Lincoln''
: I believe the Bible is the best gift [[God]] has ever given to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through this book.
''Patrick Henry'': The [[New TestamentBible]]'''is worth all other books which have ever been printed.
''Isaac Asimov''
: Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.
''Immanuel Kant''
: The existence of the Bible, as a book for the people, is the greatest benefit which the human race has ever experienced. Every attempt to belittle it is a crime against humanity.
''Ralph Waldo Emerson''
: Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in your reading have been like the blast of triumph out of Shakespeare, Seneca, [[Moses]], [[apostle John|John]] and [[apostle Paul|Paul]].
'''Miscellaneous'Lord Tennyson'': Bible reading is an education in itself.
''[[Quick 2 Timothy 3:16]]'': {{Bible referenceverse|2 Timothy|3|16|Quick Bible reference (King James Version)]]lang=WEB}}
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===Bible Study Links===
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* [http://www.bible.org/ Trust worthy Bible Study Tools]
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