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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
The English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning "books," the name which in the fifth century began to be given to the entire collection of sacred books, the "Library of Divine Revelation." The name {{quote | text={{Bible was adopted by Wickliffe, and came gradually into use in our English language. The Bible consists of sixty-six different books, composed by many different writers, in three different languages, under different circumstances; writers of almost every social rank, statesmen and peasants, kings, herdsmen, fishermen, priests, tax-gatherers, tentmakers; educated and uneducated, Jews and Gentiles; most of them unknown to each other, and writing at various periods during the space of about 1600 years: and yet, after all, it is only one book dealing with only one subject in its numberless aspects and relations, the subject of man's redemption. It is divided into the Old Testament, containing thirty-nine books, and the New Testament, containing twenty-seven books. The names given to the Old in the writings of the New are "the scriptures" (Matt. 21:42), "scripture" (verse|2 Pet. 1:20), "the holy scriptures" (Rom. 1:Timothy|3|16|lang=WEB}} [[2), "the law" (John 12Timothy 3:34), "the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms" (Luke 24:44), "the law and the prophets" (Matt. 516]]}}{{Infobox_Contents | topic_name = Bible[[Image:17), "the old covenant" (2 CorBiblewithlight. 3:14, Rjpg|thumb|center|An open Bible.V.). There is a break ]] | subtopics = [[Books of 400 years between the Bible]] - [[Old Testament and the ]], [[New. (See APOCRYPHA.) The Old Testament is divided into three parts:, 1. The Law (Torah), consisting of the Pentateuch, or five books of Moses. 2. The Prophets, consisting of (1) the former, namely, Joshua, Judges, the Books of Samuel, and the Books of Kings; (2) the latter, namely, the greater prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, and the twelve minor prophets. 3. The Hagiographa, or holy writings, including the rest of the books. These were ranked in three divisions:, (1) The Psalms, Proverbs, and Job, distinguished by the ]]* [[Ancient Languages Index]] - [[Biblical Hebrew|Hebrew name]], a word formed of the initial letters of these books[[Aramaic]], emeth, meaning truth. (2) Canticles, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther, called [[Koine Greek|Greek]]* [[Ancient Texts Index]] - [[Apocrypha]]* [[Translating the five rolls, as being written for Bible]]* [[Interpreting the synagogue use Bible]] - [[Hermeneutics]]* [[Bible Commentary Index]] - [[Matthew Henry Commentary on five separate rolls. (3) Danielthe Whole Bible|Matthew Henry Commentary]]* [[Bible Terms Index]], Ezra, Nehemiah, and 1 and 2 Chronicles. Between the Old and the New Testament no addition was made to the revelation God had already given. The period [[Bible Dictionaries Index]] - [[Easton's Bible Dictionary|Easton's]]* [[Timeline of New Testament revelation, extending over a century, began with the appearance Biblical History]] - [[Historical accuracy of John the Baptist. The New Testament consists Bible]]* [[Characters of (1) the historical booksBible]], viz., the Gospels, and the Acts of the Apostles; [[Biblical Places Index]] | opinion_pieces = {{short_opinions}}* [[Bible (2EBD) the Epistles; and (3) the book of prophecy, the Revelation. The division of the |Easton's Bible into chapters and verses is altogether of human invention, designed to facilitate reference to it. The ancient Jews divided the Old Testament into certain sections for use in the synagogue service, and then at a later period, in the ninth century A.D., into verses. Our modern system of chapters for all the books of Dictionary entry on the Bible was introduced by Cardinal Hugo about the middle of the thirteenth century ]]* [[Scripture (he died 1263EBD). The system of verses for the New Testament was introduced by Stephens in 1551, and generally adopted, although neither Tyndale|Easton's nor Coverdale's English translation of the Bible has verses. The division is not always wisely made, yet it is very useful. Dictionary entry on Scripture]] |}}{{Ebd box}}{{bible}}
----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]].
The word Bible comes from the Greek word for book, [[An overview of the Biblebiblion]].
===[[The formation and translations Books of the Bible|The formation and translations of the Bible - who wrote it, how it was put together and today's versions]]===
The Bible is divided up into two main sections - the [[Old Testament]] and the [[Characters New Testament]]. Before 1804, practically all protestant Bibles were divided into three main section - with the additional section being between the Old and New testament: the [[Apocrypha]]. By the mid 1820s, a vast majority of protestant Bibles did not include the apocrypha due to controversies surrounding them as well as to make a Bible]]cheaper to produce.
====[[Bible studies and quotes and referencesOld Testament]]====
[[Miscellaneous Bible topics]]The Old Testament tells the story of ancient Israel and God's intervention in their history. There are three main sections that make up the Old Testament - The Books of the Law, History and Poetry, and the Books of the Prophets. The books of the Law tell the very early story of the history of Israel and lay out the covenant or agreement between God and his people with their laws for living. The books of history and poetry continue the story of the people of Israel starting with their invasion into Canaan and ending with their kingdom splitting into two and being conquered and exiled. The books of the prophets describe some of the visions and words of the prophets who continually called the people to account for their abandonment of God.
====[[New Testament]]====
----The New Testament tells the story of Jesus and the early church. The New Testament contains different categories as well including the [[Gospels]] which describe the birth, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus, and the 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 - [[Apocrypha]]====
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 Old Testament[[Books of the Maccabees]]was written in Greek so it was regarded as divinely inspired but not scripture.
* [[Books of Protestants generally point to the Law]] :* fact that [[Genesis]]:* [[Exodus]] :* [[Leviticus]]:* [[Numbers]]:* [[DeuteronomyJesus Christ]]did not approve of the 46 canonical books used in the Old Testament, neither did He ever quote from the additional 7 apocryphal books. Catholic and Orthodox Christians place less value on Scripture and instead Tradition which is why this fact doesn't seemingly bother either of those Christian branches.
* [[Historical Books ====Formation of the Old Testament]]:* [[Joshua]]:* [[Judges]]:* [[Ruth]]:* [[1 Samuel]]:* [[2 Samuel]]:* [[1 Kings]]:* [[2 Kings]]:* [[1 Chronicles]]:* [[2 Chronicles]]:* [[Ezra]]:* [[Nehemiah]]:* Bible / [[EstherBiblical Canon]]====
* [[Poetical Books Though the Early Church used the Old Testament, the apostles did not otherwise leave a defined set of new scriptures; instead the Old New Testament developed over time. All New Testament]]:* Wisdom Books::* scripture was wrote during the first century AD. By the fourth century the books included by today's Protestants in the [[JobBible]]::* were roughly agreed upon and officially in 382 AD, the [[Proverbs]]::* [[Ecclesiastes]]:* Poetry::* [[Psalms]]::* [[Song Council of SolomonRome]]was held which canonized the Bible as having 66 total books::* [[Lamentations]]39 in the Old Testament (which the Jews agreed upon in the 4th century BC), and 27 in the New Testament.
* [[Prophetic Books of The dispute over the Old Testament]]:* Major Prophets::* would wage on for over a millennia and the Catholic Church agreed at the end of the [[IsaiahCouncil 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:* [[JeremiahBook of Tobit|Tobit]] ::* , [[EzekielBook of Judith|Judith]]::* , [[DanielFirst book of Maccabees|1 Maccabees]]:* Minor Prophets::* , [[HoseaSecond book of Maccabees|2 Maccabees]]::* , [[JoelWisdom of Solomon|Wisdom]]::* , [[AmosBook of Sirach|Sirach]]::* , and [[ObadiahBook of Baruch|Baruch]]::* ; and the books altered are [[JonahBook of Esther|Esther]]::* ([[MicahAdditions to Esther|additions]]::* ) and [[NahumBook of Daniel|Daniel]]::* ([[HabakkukAdditions to Daniel|additions]]::* ). The controversial decision at Trent was brought upon due to the [[ZephaniahProtestant Reformation]]::* , which created [[Haggai]]::* [[Zechariah]]::* [[MalachiProtestantism]]. All branches of Protestantism don't recognize the decision that was made during the Council of Trent.
===[[The New Testament]]*[[Historical Books of Translating the New Testament]]:* The Gospels::* [[Matthew]]::* [[Mark]]::* [[Luke]]::* [[John]]:* Church History::* [[ActsBible]]===
*The original languages of the various books of the Bible were [[Introductions to the New Testament lettersBiblical Hebrew|EpistlesHebrew]]::* (for Old Testament books) and [[Pauline epistlesKoine Greek]]::* [[Romans]]::* [[1 Corinthians]]::* [[2 Corinthians]]::* [[Galatians]]::* [[Ephesians]]::* [[Philippians]]::* [[Colossians]]::* [[1 Thessalonians]]::* [[2 Thessalonians]]::* [[1 Timothy]]::* [[2 Timothy]]::* [[Titus]]::* [[Philemon]]:* [[General epistles]]::* [[Hebrews]]::* [[James]]::* [[1 Peter]]::* [[2 Peter]]::* [[1 John]]::* [[2 John]]::* (for New Testament books). A small amount of the [[3 Johnbook of Daniel]]::* was originally written in [[JudeAramaic]].
*Prophetic books::*In the first few centuries after Christ the Bible was translated into a few other ancient languages (for example [[RevelationLatin]]) 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.
In recent years there has been lots of activity in translating the Bible into many of the minor languages of the world.
----===[[Interpreting the Bible]]===
Interpretation of the Bible is a complex issue. How a person interprets is dependant partly upon that person's presuppositions about the Bible. If a person comes to the Bible with the view that it is simply an ancient text full of mythology then his interpretation will be vastly different from someone who views the Bible as God's revelation.
{{kjv}}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.
Some Christians hold a literalistic or inerrant view of the Bible. [[Biblical inerrancy]] is the view that the Bible, as the inspired Word of God, is without error and is accurate in all aspects, including in aspects of history and science. [[Biblical infallibility]] on the other hand is the view that the Bible is free from errors on issues of faith and practice, but minor contradictions in history or science can be overlooked as insignificant to its spiritual purpose.
----Protestant Christians generally hold to [[Sola Scriptura]] which is the teaching that the Bible is the final authority on matters of faith and that it alone gives sufficient information for all matters of faith. This stands in contrast to Orthodox and Catholic Christianity which accept tradition as playing an equally important role in matters of faith.
[http://www.biblegateway.com Look up ==Bible passages at Bible Gateway]Commentaries==
* [[Matthew Henry's Concise Bible Commentary]] ==Bible Dictionaries== * [[Easton's Bible Dictionary]] ==Quotes== ''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 [[Bible]] is worth all other books which have ever been printed. ''Elizabeth Cady Stanton'': The Bible and the [[Church]] have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation. ''Charles H. Spurgeon'': Defend the Bible? I would just as soon defend a roaring lion.  ''Isaac Newton'': There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible than in any profane history.  ''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.  ''Goethe''': Let mental culture go on advancing, let the natural sciences progress in ever greater extent and depth, and the human mind widen itself as much as it desires, beyond the elevation and moral culture of [[Christianity]], as it shines forth in the [[gospels]], it will not go.  ''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]].  ''Lord Tennyson'': Bible reading is an education in itself.  ''Thomas Huxley'': The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and oppressed. The human race is not in a position to dispense with It.  ''[[2 Timothy 3:16]]'': {{Bible verse|2 Timothy|3|16|lang=WEB}} ==Links==* [http://www.wikipediabiblegateway.com Bible Gateway]* [http://www.ccel.org/wwsb/ CCEL - World Wide Study Bible]* [http://biblestudytools.com/ BibleStudyTools.com]* [http://www.bible.org/ Bible.org]* [http://www.e-sword.net/ E-Sword Bible Software] * [http://bibledatabase.com/ Bible Database] ===Bible Study Links===* [http://www.ccel.org/wikiwwsb/ The World wide Study Bible]* [http://biblestudytools.com/ BibleStudyTools.com]* [http://www.bible.org/ Trust worthy Bible See also the extensive notes about the Study Tools]* [http://www.e-sword.net/ Free Bible Software] "Without payment you have received; without payment you are to give." (Mat 10:8 ISV)* [http://bibledatabase.com/ FREE Bibles and Bible Study Software Downloads] {{returnto}} [[Christianity]] [[Category:Bible in wikipedia]]

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