Apocrypha tldr
Q: Can anyone offer information as to why the Apocrypha was declared "writings of men" and not divinely inspired? Although I have never thought it should be, but never looked into the history and decision to keep them out or have them removed. I would appreciate insight on this.
A: Truthfully it is because the Jews themselves rejected their canonicity. See Josephus, the early Jewish historian, who specifically names the "22 book" Jewish Canon (including several books that we separate as 1), which corresponds to the Protestant Canon, not the Roman Catholic Book.
The Jews didn’t consider them scripture, Neither did the Apostles, or Jesus! The books themselves don’t even call themselves scripture. They’re never quoted as Scripture in the New Testament, and whenever the scope of Scripture is made mention of they are not referenced (for example…‘from the blood of Abel to Zechariah’). Jerome argued against their inclusion in the Latin vulgate. Their status of canon being on par with Scripture wasn’t locked in by the Romanists until the council of Trent (as a response to the Reformation; when people were leaving RCC after finding out what Scripture actually taught- it was RCC attempt to keep as many from leaving as possible).
Literally nobody (important) thought they were Scripture until a very long time later... when Rome claimed it in response to the Reformation.
Not only are there evidences of a lack of divine inspiration, but each book contains errors in history, geography, basically reality. God's word (as originally given) is inerrant and infallible, even if we hold to minor errors in man's translation. These works have not been found to be inerrant or infallible at all. They are not Scripture. That's the conclusion, and always been the conclusion of those books since biblical Jewish times.
The claim of Apocrypha as canon is just more of those "lies told long enough people will believe it as truth." And thus, just more false beliefs and teachings from the apostate religion of Rome, to rattle a Christians faith, and also to decieve people into their demonic cult religion, and to keep those trapped in it, remaining there.
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