How many bibbles do christians believe in? (reject, translation, America)

SecondBoy · #1 02-15-2006, 06:04 AM

How many bibbles do christians believe in?
which one of bibbles is more valid to christians?

mormonman · #2 02-15-2006, 06:20 AM

I assume you're talking about the Bible. The Bible is a compilation of different books from different prophets, which is called the Bible. There is only one Bible. As a member of the LDS Church we have the Book of Mormon, which compliments the Bible. The Book of Mormon is also a compilation of different books from different prophets on the American continents. The BoM is not another Bible. We also have te Doctrine and Covenents, which is the recored of the revalations that Joseph Smith and a couple of other prophets received.

James the Persian · #3 02-15-2006, 06:40 AM

I suspect that by bibbles (which, incidentally, I don't believe exist), you actually mean canons of the Bible, though you could mean translations. If you mean the latter then there are at least as many as the number of languages Christians use for worship, probably significantly more. If you mean canons, then there are 5 or so slightly differing canons that I'm aware of.

The shortest canon is the usual Protestant one which omits the Deuterocannonical books of the Old Testament and which has an OT based on the Masoretic Text. Our Orthodox canon is longer as it contains all the Deuterocannonical books in the Septuagint (LXX) OT, though we don't really believe in a fixed canon as such and there are slight variations between the Greek and Slavonic canons. The Roman Catholic canon is slightly shorter and differently organised to ours as they have rejected or combined certain of the Deuterocannonicals, though their OT is also based on the LXX. The longest canons are those of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (who are Oriental Orthodox and not in communion with us). They have a shorter and a longer canon, which include all the books in the Orthodox canon plus certain others such as the Book of Enoch.

I would say that all of the canons are valid but that I prefer ours. I have a hard time justifying the removal of books from the canon (particularly to the degree the Reformers went), especially if you are going to claim a faith based on scripture alone (demoting parts of scripture you don't agree with seems to invalidate such a claim). I have less of an issue with the additional books in the Ethiopian canon because we also consider certain extra-canonnical works to be inspired to one degree or another, the Ethiopians are just using slightly different methods to us to categorise what is Scripture and what inspired buut extra-canonical. Of course, finding an exact, fixed canon of Scripture set for all time is less important to those of us (RC, Orthodox, OO etc.) who aren't sola scripturalists and believe that the Church is founded on the Incarnate Word of God and wrote the Scriptures rather than being founded on the written Word of God as contained in the Scriptures.

James

dawny0826 · #4 02-15-2006, 10:12 AM

If you're asking about versions...my favorite and the one that I carry along with me to church is the New King James Version.

I also do nightly devotionals from the New Century Version, which is wonderful.

I also own a King James, NLT and NIV which I refer to from time to time.

The only translation that I'm not quite comfortable with at the present time is the NWT but I'm still researching the origins.

I believe in all versions of the Bible...there are just some versions that I prefer over others.

Aqualung · #5 02-15-2006, 10:13 AM

I don't believe in any bibbles. I don't even know what one is.

I don't know what you mean by how many bibles do I believe. How many translations do I believe? How many different canons I believe? How many other scriptural books I believe in?

Feathers in Hair · #6 02-15-2006, 10:32 AM

Just as a side note, if one is interested in how many bibbles another believes in, they might be better directed to the pagan sub forum. We are very interested, there, in the proper care and feeding of bibbles and their magical properties.

Bibles, though, I believe that the particular translation people prefer depends on both the denonimation of the believer and their own personal preferences. The only one I've seen, so far, that people will say is the 'only' translation to go by is the King James Version. (KJV.) And, again, that depends on one's interpretation of one's own faith and what their denomination teaches.