| − | The Feast of the Dedication (Jn 10:22) mentioned in the Gospel of St. John is straight from the Book of Maccabees. As mentioned elsewhere, Maccabees was in the Canon for over a 1000 years before Mr. Martin Luther took it out: "It was also determined that besides the Canonical Scriptures nothing be read in the Church under the title of divine Scriptures. The Canonical Scriptures are these: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua the son of Nun, Judges, Ruth, four books of Kings, 3 two books of Paraleipomena, 4 Job, the Psalter, five books of Solomon, 5 the books of the twelve prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezechiel, Daniel, Tobit, Judith, Esther, two books of Esdras, 6 two books of the Maccabees." (3rd Council of Carthage, 397 A.D.). | + | The Feast of the Dedication (Jn 10:22) mentioned in the Gospel of St. John is straight from the Book of Maccabees. As mentioned elsewhere, Maccabees was in the Canon for over a 1000 years before Mr. Martin Luther took it out: "It was also determined that besides the Canonical Scriptures nothing be read in the Church under the title of divine Scriptures. The Canonical Scriptures are these: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua the son of Nun, Judges, Ruth, four books of Kings, 3 two books of Paraleipomena, 4 Job, the Psalter, five books of Solomon, 5 the books of the twelve prophets, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezechiel, Daniel, Tobit, Judith, Esther, two books of Esdras, 6 two books of the Maccabees." (3rd Council of Carthage, 397 A.D.). https://www.bible-researcher.com/carthage.html |