What did our Founding Fathers say about the Bible?
“The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty. Perusal of the sacred volume will make us better citizens, better fathers, and better husbands. The practice of morality being necessary for the well-being of society.
How was the Bible put together?
In the Beginning Beginning with Moses, who wrote the first five books of the Bible, these books were written over the centuries by prophets and leaders. By the time of Jesus and his disciples, the Hebrew Bible had already been established as 39 books. This was what Jesus meant when he referred to “the Scriptures.”
Was the Bible ever assembled with a political agenda?
The Bible was, however, assembled with a political agenda. The Old Testament was assembled with the agenda of preserving Jewish culture and religion after Rome destroyed Jerusalem in 70 AD. The New Testament agenda was that of the original Orthodox Faith prior to the Great Schism of 1054 No. The Bible was never written, it was compiled.
What is the New Testament agenda?
The New Testament agenda was that of the original Orthodox Faith prior to the Great Schism of 1054 when the Catholic and Orthodox Churches separated into two different faiths. The summation of this agenda is contained in the Nicean Creed:
Why were the Old Testament scriptures written?
The Jewish scriptures (OT) were written to justify tribal Israel’s social, political, and geographic legitimacy — and therefore also their religious legitimacy. Israelite religion was determined by, and bound up within, these other dimensions.
Who proposed a new translation of the Bible in the 1600s?
Not much happened until John Reynolds, leader of the Puritan delegation, proposed a new Bible translation. James agreed immediately. “I confess,” he said, “I have never seen a Bible well translated, and the worst is the Geneva.”