Ep. 115 – Truth In A Culture Of Doubt – Are Many New Testament Documents Forged?

Apocryphal Books Of The Bible?

Are there lost, Apocryphal books that should have been included in The Bible? Finishing the chapter on how the New Testament should include the authentic books that are there, we look at why not other books.

Why do we include only the 27 books and not 12 others or Gnostic ones?
Why four Gospels and not six?
Why not include every book written?

If not everything, then clearly the Canon arises just from that fact alone. The Canon is not a stick used to beat other equal books away. It is a ruler used to show authentic teaching from those that weren’t.

Timeline Breakdown:

00:00 – Introduction
01:28 – Claim #4 – Other Books Not Included In The Canon Were Equally Valid
01:54 – There Is A Way To Distinguish
03:54 – Looking At The Competing Apocryphal Books
04:52 – Case #1 – Ptolemy’s Epistle To Flora
06:10 – Case #2 – Letter Of Barnabas
06:53 – Case #3 – Gospel Of Thomas
08:40 – Case #4 – Gospel Of Philip
09:11 – Case #5 – Gospel Of Mary
09:52 – Case #6 – Gospel Of Nicodemus
10:45 – The Lack Of Authority Of The Apocryphal Books
13:15 – Claim #5 – The Weapon Of The Canon
14:24 – The Canon Is Not A Political Tool
15:37 – The Old Testament In The New Testament
16:49 – The Muratorian Fragment Showing A Set NT Canon
18:53 – When The Canon Was Closed
20:53 – Most NT Books Were Widely Recognized By 1st Century End
23:21 – The Difference Between The NT & The Apocryphal Ones Are Vast
26:28 – Conclusion