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Recently I came across an interesting passage from Jude where he quotes the Book of Enoch:
[SUP]14 [/SUP]Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones [SUP]15 [/SUP]to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” (Jude 1: 14-15 / NIV)
Non canonical references in the Bible are not uncommon, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-canonical_books_referenced_in_the_Bible
Now Paul writes in his second letter to Timothy:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, (2 Tim 3:16 /NIV)
Now my question is: if passages from non canonical books ended up in the Bible, does that mean (since all Scripture should be considered God-breathed) that these passages are canonical in the books they're quoted from too? I mean: can we then consider some passages of non canonical books canonical? Your thoughts please.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about them: “See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones [SUP]15 [/SUP]to judge everyone, and to convict all of them of all the ungodly acts they have committed in their ungodliness, and of all the defiant words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” (Jude 1: 14-15 / NIV)
Non canonical references in the Bible are not uncommon, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-canonical_books_referenced_in_the_Bible
Now Paul writes in his second letter to Timothy:
All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, (2 Tim 3:16 /NIV)
Now my question is: if passages from non canonical books ended up in the Bible, does that mean (since all Scripture should be considered God-breathed) that these passages are canonical in the books they're quoted from too? I mean: can we then consider some passages of non canonical books canonical? Your thoughts please.