DETERMINATION OF THE BIBLE CANON At the time the books of the New Testament were written, many other pious stories and legends relating to Christ
ST.JEROME AND THE VULGATE TRANSLATION Because of the numerous variant readings of the Itala, due to the copyists, revisers, or translators, Pope
THE NEW TESTAMENT In the New Testament we think of the “four gospels” of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. These are the Gospels (or “good news”) of
HISTORY OF THE BIBLE No ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS of the Bible have come down to us, due to the perishable material upon which they were written and the
THE APOCRYPHA Those books which were rejected by the Council of Hippo as being non-biblical belong to what is called the Apocrypha. These books
Bumper Crop Luke 10: 1-12 Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to