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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]]===
====[[Old Testament]]====
The Old Testament tells the story of ancient Israel and God'''Topics'''* [[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 formation books of history and translations poetry continue the story of the Bible]]* [[Biblical inerrancy]] people of Israel starting with their invasion into Canaan and [[Sola scriptura]]* [[Characters ending with their kingdom splitting into two and being conquered and exiled. The books of the prophets describe some of the Bible]]* [[Bible studies, sermons, commentaries visions and references]]* [[Miscellaneous Bible topics]]* [[Historical accuracy words of the Bible]]* [[Biblical criticism]]* [[Views about prophets who continually called the Bible]]people to account for their abandonment of God.
====[[New Testament]]====
====Extra-Biblical texts - [[Apocrypha]]====
Protestants generally point to the fact that [[Jesus 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.
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 as having 66 total books: 39 in the Old Testament (which the Jews agreed upon in the 4th century BC), and 27 in the New Testament.
===[[Translating the Bible]]===
In the first few centuries after Christ the Bible was translated into a few other ancient languages (for example [[Latin]]) 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.
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.
Biblical '''External links[[Hermeneutics]]'''* [http://www.biblegateway.com Look up Bible passages at Bible Gateway]* [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible See also is the technical term for the extensive notes about study of interpreting and understanding the Bible in wikipediaand applying it to today's context. It is closely related to '''[[exegesis]* [http://worldebible.com/ Look up Bible in multiple versions]* [http://www.theopedia.com/Bible 'The Bible' on Theopedia]* [http://www' which is the study of understanding what the Biblical author's meant and what their audience would have understood.biblestudywiki.com/ BibleStudyWiki - a question and answer wiki]
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.
==Bible Commentaries==