To understand the meaning of the word bible it is pertinent to draw a distinction between the terms scripture and bible.These two terms do no mean the same thing.

The christian bible is a collection of 73 canonised scriptures.What these means is that there are scriptures that were not canonised because the religious authourities then were not sure of their authenticity.Scriptures has always existed centuries or even milleniums before the advent of christianity ,but the bible was created in the fourth century ,precisely in hippo (present day Tagaste in Tunisia) in 393 CE by a church council presided by st Augustine the then bishop of hippo.That church council examined the scriptures and selected 46 books in the OTand 27 books in the NT.These decisions were later ratified by the council of carthage in 397CE.

Pope Innocent 1 in 405 CE,declared the christian canon closed restricting it to these 73 books.What these means is that no one should add to them,like wise no one should remove any from them.These decisions were maintained until 1885 when the archbishop of canterbury removed 7 books from the OT.These books were removed because they were not canonised by the jewish council of jamniain 90CE.IT MUST BE STATED THAT THESE COUNCIL WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN COUNCIL RATHER IT WAS JEWISH.These council obviously had no input from the holyspirit since it equally rejected Jesus and the entire NT.


The septuagint which was the basis of the christian bible was used by the Apostles including Peter and Pauland the early chuch fathers.The discovery of some of the additional books of the septuagint alongside other known and unknown jewish writings has further laid credence to the authenticity of the septuagint.

While the total no of scriptures might never be knownit is pertinent that christians should stick to the 73 books canonised at the synod of hippo in 397CE.ANY BIBLE CONTAINING ANY NO OF BOOKS OTHER THAN THESE 73 BOOKS CANNOT BE SAID TO BE A CHRISTIAN BIBLE


The collections of books protestants call the bible is mixture of the jewish canon and the christian NT,These is what I call the THE HYBRID CANON.
You either stick to the christian bible or you adopt the jewish canon ,you cannot morally justify the combination of the jewish canon with the christian NT.

I Decided to post this because I discovered that more than 70% of protestants are not aware of these facts.It is a pity many christians are not aquainted with JUDAS MACABEES and his historic importance in jewish history.
Important events like the desecration of the temple by Antiochus epiphanes prophesised by prophet Daniel are covered in the accounts of the macabees

TO THE MUSLIMS I SAY THIS

It is not possible for a widely circulating document like the scriptures to be destroyed without leaving any trace.We have heard of ancient biblical scrolls being discovered but no mention of ancient quranic scrolls discovered anywhere.Also there is no mention of Islam in the writings of secular historians who lived before prophet Mohamed.

Islam obviously never existed before prophet mohammed,if islam and the quran had existed,it would not have been humanly possible to destroy it without leaving a trace.

I must also state here that there were attempts by Antiochus epiphanes and the roman emperor diocletan to toally destroy the scriptures but these moves failed because of their divine nature.

THE CHURCH AND THE SCRIPTURES ARE IMMOTAL,THEY HAS NEVER BEEN DESTROYED NOR WILL THEY EVER BE DESTROYED.T