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Should Christians Use the “Apocrypha”?
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2:23:24Now PlayingShould Christians Use the “Apocrypha”?
The debate over the Old Testament canon has been one of the most important discussions in Christian history. Were the books commonly called the “Apocrypha” accepted by the early Church? Did the Jews establish a fixed canon before Christianity? What did the Church Fathers actually believe about books like Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Sirach, and Maccabees?
In this discussion, Dr. Stephen Boyce is joined by Jonathan Sheffield, Courtney Smith of Biblical Apologetics, and Will, a history student at Ave Maria University specializing in the Old Testament canon, Patristics, and Early Judaism. Together, they examine the historical, Jewish, and Christian perspectives surrounding the disputed books of Scripture.
Rather than repeating modern assumptions, this conversation looks at the evidence from early Jewish communities, the Septuagint, the Church Fathers, and the development of the Christian canon.
Did the early Church inherit a canon? Did Christians use these books as Scripture? And why do Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants disagree today?
Join us as we explore one of the most important questions in the history of Christianity: What books belong in the Bible?
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