Recent content by BartholomewB

In sacred art, the set of Ezekiel’s four “creatures” came into use at an early date as a collective symbol for the four evangelists, according to Philip Schaff on p. 586 of his History of the Christian Church (link below). The one-to-one identification didn’t appear until later. Irinaeus...

Necessary, no. Helpful, yes. And that goes for any translation you choose to read, not just the KJV.

Thank you, @lrs68!

He didn't? He came pretty close, though. "Christ redeemed us fom the curse of the law ... " (Gal 3:13)

325 is the date of the Council of Nicea, but I don’t think that was when the Church defined the canon of scripture. That decision is usually said to have been made at one of the later councils, possibly either Rome in 382 or Carthage in 397. In any case, the canon adopted at the time was...

Add to post #11, link to Hengel's book at Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/betweenjesuspaul0000heng

@Aaron56, @OMC, @ResidentAlien, thank you all for your help. In the meantime I’ve been reading Between Jesus and Paul, a collection of six essays about the book of Acts written in the seventies and early eighties by Martin Hengel, a noted Lutheran NT specialist. Some of his information about...

Luther cut out the seven whole books, plus parts of two others, because he thought the Christian Old Testament canon ought to be the same as the Hebrew Bible. Centuries earlier, the rabbis had removed different books for different reasons. The only three I remember offhand are Tobit, because it...

Thank you, OMC. While we’re on the subject, perhaps you may know the answer to another question about James the Just that I find mildly puzzling. He is mentioned eight times in the NT, though only very briefly each time. We find much more information about him in both Eusebius and Josephus than...

Yes, I’ve noticed that myself once or twice on Catholic websites. It strikes me as symptomatic of a rather juvenile overenthusiasm for sticking to a preconceived notion at all costs, fiercely dismissing out of hand any argument that might even seem to be incompatible with it. After all, nobody...

Thank you, Aaron!

Peter leaves a message for James about his miraculous release from prison and immediately leaves Jerusalem for “another place”. Until this moment we hadn’t been told about James’ status in the church, had we? In fact it won’t be made fully clear until the Apostolic Council in Chap. 15, agreed?

Your Esdras II includes the whole of Ezra and Nehemiah but (as far as I can see) nothing else. Where can I read Esther in your translation?

Nehemiah and Esther seem to be missing. Possibly others. You don't seem to be following any of the usual canonical orders.

I agree with @biblestudent78. It probably only happened once, and that one time was probably a few days before the Crucifixion.