Did AI Just End the Catholic vs Protestant Bible Debate?


Jon Oleksiuk

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πŸ“š Want to check the sources for yourself? Here are some of the books used in this debate (Amazon links):
"The Canon of Scripture" by F. F. Bruce - https://amzn.to/4vn3Y8J
"Against Apion" by Flavius Josephus – https://amzn.to/4dQYuNr
"Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger" by Gary Michuta - https://amzn.to/4vj2NHo
"The Biblical Canon Lists from Early Christianity"by Edmon L. Gallagher and John D. Meade - https://amzn.to/3OrhYxw
"Invitation to the Septuagint" by Karen H. Jobes and MoisΓ©s Silva - https://amzn.to/4mv13qv
"The Old Testament Canon of the New Testament Church and Its Background in Early Judaism" by Roger T. Beckwith - https://amzn.to/3OmZMFh
"The Formation of the Jewish Canon" by Timothy H. Lim - https://amzn.to/4dHfnKl
"Purgatory: The Logic of Total Transformation" by Jerry L. Walls - https://amzn.to/425qUMk
"The Formation of the Christian Biblical Canon" by Lee Martin McDonald - https://amzn.to/48NeQD9

πŸ‘‡ WHAT YOU’LL LEARN IN THIS DEBATE
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βœ… Early Church Use or Jewish Boundaries: If early Christians widely read Wisdom, Sirach, Tobit, Judith, and Maccabees, does that show these books belonged in Scripture β€” or only that they were valued and useful?
βœ… Reception or Canon: If books can shape Christian worship and theology for centuries, does that make them Scripture β€” or can a church read a book without placing it on the same level as Isaiah, Psalms, and Genesis?
βœ… Florence or Trent: Did the Catholic Church clearly settle this question long before Luther, or did Trent finally close a dispute that had remained open for centuries?
βœ… Doctrine or Evidence: Were these books rejected because they were never fully canonical β€” or because they supported doctrines the Reformers wanted to challenge?

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Round 1 β€” The Historical Question
Did the early church inherit a broader Bible through the Septuagint, or do Josephus, Philo, Melito, Athanasius, and Jerome point to a narrower canon closer to the Protestant Old

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