The Bibles Source of Canon

Religion 2015
By Evan Acosta
Throughout history, God has slowly but surely revealed
Himself to man. The documentation of this revelation is said to be
in the Bible, but we have many different types of bibles, created
by and for denominations other than Catholicism. How do we
know that the Catholic Bibles are true, and superior to the rest?
The Bibles formed by Protestants are not accurate, because
deletions and additions have been made, primarily to fit their
beliefs. In addition, Protestant Bibles were translated from the
early Hebrew Bibles, which are less accurate because Hebrew
was a dying language. Back then, the majority of the people
spoke Greek, which is what Catholic Bibles are translated from.
70-72 Scholars from the twelve tribes of Israel worked together to
translate the Bible to Greek they were called the Septuagint.
The Septuagint had a Bible composed of 46 books Martin Luther
proposed a 36-book canon in 1529, to try and reject doctrines he
did not approve of.
If your Bible includes the original 7 books, you follow Jesus
and the early Church. After all, Jesus used the Old Testament in
His teachings, and this bible was used by the writers of the New
Testament and all of the early Church. However, if your bible has
only 36 books, you follow non-Christian rabbis and Martin Luther
(who wanted to get rid of even more books then he successfully
ended up doing).
The true Canon of the Bible was determined by the Catholic
Councils and Popes in the late 4th century. Before this, there was
much debate over which Bible version was most accurate. For
1100 years after this, there was absolutely no debate or
questioning. Then the Protestant Reformation began, and Martin
Luther and others led others into incomplete doctrine of the faith.
Hopefully Catholics will be able to open the eyes of others to the
true faith, which doesnt leave anything out (or add anything),
and is infallible to every extent.
Source:

Burnham, Jim, and Frank Chacon. Beginning Apologetics: How to

Explain and Defend the Catholic Church. Farmington, NM: San
Juan Catholic Seminars, 1993. Print.