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CHICAGO, Oct 2-1 How did the Bible COM
to be considered the Word of God? What Fa
,,a. hn5 a,,-,h3,, -, a., ,v;,n 10 xxh.+ ra,,ro;
IT the Church voted on the matter, and wha
looks did they put In, and what books did the,
take out:" These are questions having yer,
.'1E"t <a.e 1c1at1aa ~ eutfestt oe'fet. a4td tAa
large and growing class OF persons who are tn
selves will In interested in tnnrfnr snme,h,nt
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VI sa's ~. .. .ne ~, top' s
nus. remember that no one knows who wrote
rho .r,otnr ona .,net ;,r,,or,.nt ,arr ~ ~
11xt. r., ,ha, a,,ns,.ns <,o,'nc,,a- W. -r..a,<
the ls'ok Of Judges? a man named Judges!
Certainly not. 1t is SO called because It treats
If the Jews in thu limo when :1rfres r,,1c.,
Wh, xr,,1c tho hoors t,t rhronic,ss ,r t,o ,x,oss
"tos' .ao oooAS " Satontc4es VI .ae oooAs
uf i>ttsss Men named chronicle or King? Ger
:a:nly . not. They arc 50 called because they are
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ulal people unaer tne hlnss DID the
t'x'ks: rts,oabiy not There have been guesses
q u whpw ws9te them. and the number of authors
guessed n:ls been aoont equal to the number Of
., h.'9as IN tue Old Testament whose authors arc
nnkl'1wn are Genesis: Exodus, Leviticus Num-
seconJ S;ue F1ss ad Mu's rrs5
A'aSs. Flrsi Chronicles. Second Chronicles,
@ nansF 1oo. rrveros' Eeslesiasres. Song OF Sol-
Janh J hsRIs Raps 9b'aah
Ana lug oooks OF The New Testament Whusc
authors arc uas1sxn ; H', nre NattAew Mnrk, Luke.
= ..'ah, Asts. he EplsIc 70 the hcorews- James,
ct1*s!.Q EGCd104 3N01. 1hiFu John. Jude.
and Revelation The time wns when the Peuta-
!;nca 1,s. WI, was nc!teyed to have beeu written BY
a5iisS VII! NOW INSIST On that. and the reader will
t 1a tue SUBJECT discussed "a and settled BY Bishop
= 81 th II ,c nj cr5 on 'hf s; Which
here referred ~ nave au known nutlor the read
tr .an learn ty eNanainir: the orthodox CYCLIC
NJ cr ,h ana stsvng oe Pr wliam
as . .us:.ua.' '' Judges -'Chrontcles" and SO
~: al;o by reading ...:upernstnral Religion"
Eir u, tho l'ubl;t: Library and such other works
~ tl.,se authors will suggest The rr:,der viii
st-: thai all the Significant brooks. all the books
TN "E:ch the Church depends fur its extraor-
d:nary Hu,hority. are anonymous- No one
k:lowS who wrote them. and, further, no one
k:'''ws shc, they were written. The only thing
certain Is that they were written a long time
1:-t', anil II long ti1ne ago" is not scholarly; 1t
NIL H. no. q" itr Iuth"tity
li.rraturc.-the Law. the 1'r'phc:s, and the
inEloEi:4pha. Or sacred books. rs they we're
cas!su. Inc Jews th"ssrht most OF the Law. the
ny. ' nost VI Iae ff"lhets. and they thought
t'sSt ol Tue tsEaogfaph3. The reader
WI Iehe4ecr that Jesus frequently spoke
~ , tnc la~ and the Prophets, but
: ~. ol .nG utaeT oseoks. me CHRISTIANS hare
EnSu FIX, - - algnes riace 70 Ae HasiossFapha
.u'rt us' s.ai p,ssessors ol the BOOKS did,
h'-.., mn .l"n m ts asniseli ald,Canu have
1n',,1 ,v- ~ ,., 'ue ,st uooAs VI tne Olu 1esta-
s.. ~ t.r4 t,..,e t An9 '1', autnpi1ts me
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