The Bible ( Archived) (11)

The Bible is a collection of books written under God's inspiration, which is accepted by the Catholic Church as the Word of God.

The word Bible comes from the Greek word for books ("biblia").

Sine the Bible is the most important of all books, the holiest book, the book of books, it is called The Books or the Bible.

It is also called Scripture, which means "the writing", because nothing written surpasses it.

If it works for you, wonderful

I believe the New Testament is a sacred book full of wisdom and history. Sacred to me because
the ideas have passed the test of time. It's a matter of interpretation, though. Where our own
thoughts are at this point in time. To read it at any given moment may offer some enlightenment.

I believe that we also need to entertain many avenues of educating ourselves - seek out many ways
of finding the truth. Again--as we have forgotten. There are many books and concepts that offer some
truths.

Guess we have got to re-member.

(I'm sorry, but I think organized religions have done us more harm than good.)

I don't trust anything to be pure and truth that man have had their hands on and tampered with. Yep, just a collection of made up stories to explain things the best way they could at the time.

BOOKS OF THE BIBLE

There are 72 books in the Bible (73 if Jeremias and Lamentations are considered separate books).

Some are very short. The Book of Abdias, the prophet, covers less than a page; the Second and Third Epistles of Saint John the Apostle are even shorter. The Book of Psalms, 77 pages, is the longest in the Bible.

CHAPTERS AND VERSES

Each book of the Bible is divided into chapters; each chapter into verses of only a few lines each.

In 1204 Stephen Langton, then a professor at the Universary of Paris and later a cardinal of the Church, extablished the division of each book into chapters for greater convenience in reading and referring to Scripture.

For even greater facility of scriptural reference each chapter was divided into verses of only a few lines each. This was done in the 16th century by Sanctes Pagninus for the Old Testament, by Robert Stephanus for the New Testament.

The modern chapter and verse division of the Bible are the work of these men.

Note: If you have good health and believe in God, remember to thank Him for it. Please say a prayer for those who are ill and for those who are dying. I know that some of you already do that. May God guide and direct you all.

that's really interesting. do you have any other interests besides raming the bible and catholicism down people throats.

i am surprised you are here
and your response
gave me a laugh
you go boy

Are you ok?

Builderbear, you are absolutely certifiable for an institution of lunacy.

Please get yourself some help.