Why are Protestant Bibles missing those books?
I know the reasons often given for dropping the
"deuterocanonicals" from Protestant Bibles, but as I was reading a great piece
on the Orthodox concept of living an ascetic life , I was struck by the thought that
these books contain many very clear prophecies that point toward the coming of
Christ (Arguably that is why Pharisaic Judaism excluded these books), and in
some ways very clear warnings about the devil. For instance, "God, to be sure,
framed man for an immortal destiny, the created image of His own endless being;
but, since the devil's envy brought death into the world, they make him their
model that take him for their master" (Wisdom
2:23-25).I think that Satan used the
egotism of the reformers, coupled with the error of the Romans to remove a whole
group of scripture from the hands of Christians. What better way to slowly draw
people away from the truth.
Posted: Tuesday - July 04, 2006 at 11:19 AM
