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3 years ago  ::  Mar 16, 2010 - 10:44AM #101
Christianlib
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Mar 15, 2010 -- 11:13PM, ozero wrote:


T is right in that the books of the canon might be changed in their translations.  I doubt that any will be added, though some might be persuaded to add books that are in others' canons.  But new discoveries of ancient texts might lead to some new changes.  For example there is some debate over whether the number of the beast is 666 or is it really 616.  No big deal to most folks, but it might agitate biblical literalists to think that their inerrant bible was telling them the wrong thing all these years.


 




 


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3 years ago  ::  Mar 16, 2010 - 12:20PM #102
teilhard
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Mar 15, 2010 -- 11:13PM, ozero wrote:


T is right in that the books of the canon might be changed in their translations.  I doubt that any will be added, though some might be persuaded to add books that are in others' canons.  But new discoveries of ancient texts might lead to some new changes.  For example there is some debate over whether the number of the beast is 666 or is it really 616.  No big deal to most folks, but it might agitate biblical literalists to think that their inerrant bible was telling them the wrong thing all these years.


 



The ever-on-going un-finished-ness of The Canon of Scripture is a Reality -- whether anyone LIKES it or not -- given The "Deutero-Canonical" Status of The Apoocrypha ...
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