"I 've just done a bit of hunting around , and I ca n't find anything to say Jerome had anything to do with the compilation of the Bible , only the translation of the Latin vulgate , which I 'll gladly admit is not an accurate translation . As for why I have argued the point , I think the truth is important , and I think it 's two easy to take a blanket `` oh , it was all political so we ca n't trust any of it `` approach to the Bible , and this is done largely in a manner that resembles special pleading . No other historical source or collection of sources is questionned with anything like this level of intensity or scepticism . It smacks of an attempt to justify ones own disbelief by discrediting the evidence . It does n't seem to be about a search for the truth , only to justify a preconcieved position ."
"The sources state that Jerome declared three books to be apocryphal , and his correspondence includes replies to claims that his rejection of those books was political . If he was n't involved in the selection why would he write that ? If I wanted a justification for disbelief I 'd quote Galileo , it 's much easier . This is mainly about leveling the playing field with SoC , had he bothered to reply ."
"I 've just done a bit of hunting around , and I ca n't find anything to say Jerome had anything to do"
"If he was n't involved in the selection why would he write that ?"