The Apocrypha is a selection of books included in the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles that are not a part of the Hebrew Bible (i.e., the Christian “Old Testament”) or the Protestant Bible.
Beyond the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, we have found manuscripts of several other ancient documents that talk about the life and/or teachings of Jesus, and in this sense we can call them “gospels.” However, no credible scholar argues that these texts are more historically reliable than our Gospels.
The question of Bible translation is an important one because most Christians today do not have a working knowledge of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, the original languages of the Bible. So, for those of us whose first language is English, most of us depend on an English translation in order to read God’s word.
Two of the main dogmas concerning scripture are: The divine inspiration of all scripture (based on Jesus' attitude toward and treatment of it). The authority of scripture in matters of Christian faith and practice (when properly interpreted).
Because most English-speaking Christians do not have a working knowledge of Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, we depend on English translations to read God’s word.
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