Tengo varias preguntas que espero me contesten por favor:

1- ¿Quien le dio el nombre de Biblia al libro sagrado?

2- ¿Desde cuándo se usa ese nombre?

3- ¿Todas las denominaciones cristianas usan esa palabra?

4- ¿Cuál es el signficado exacto de la palabra Biblia?

5- ¿Por que unas Biblias tienen mas libros que otras?

Gracias

-- Alberto Flores (zamorano95@latinmail.com), May 29, 2004

Answers

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-- Alberto Flores (zamorano95@latinmail.com), May 29, 2004.

Alberto, lo siento que no se las respuestas que usted busca, pero voy a traducir sus preguntas a ingles para permitir mas personas a responder.

Translation:

I have some questions that I hope you can answer for me, please.

1. Who gave the name "Bible" to the holy book?

2. Since when has this name been used?

3. Do all Christian denominations use this name?

4. What is the exact meaning of the word "Bible"?

5. Why do some Bibles have more books than others?

Thank you.

-- Emily ("jesusfollower7@yahoo.com), May 29, 2004.

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-- (bump@bump.bump), June 01, 2004.

1. Who gave the name "Bible" to the holy book?

catholics, when they compiled it.

2. Since when has this name been used?

since the late 300's when at the first catholic council the catholics compiled the scriptures into one book.

3. Do all Christian denominations use this name?

no, most, but not all.

4. What is the exact meaning of the word "Bible"?

i don't think it has an exact meaning, other than that it is the title of the book which contains the word of God.

5. Why do some Bibles have more books than others?

because luther, wary of the fact that certain aspects he didnt like were contained in seven texts of the old testament, along with several phrases in the new. luther changed the phrases by adding a few words here and there, but for the seven books he labelled them as apocrypha (inspired, but not entirely divine truth), which was a judgement he was not allowed to make. later denominations of protestants entirely removed these books from the bible, an action which they also did not have the right to do. that is why the catholic bible contains seven more books than most protestant bibles.

-- paul h (dontsendmemail@notanaddress.com), June 01, 2004.

1. Who gave the name "Bible" to the holy book?

A: "Bible" is derived from the Greek "biblios" , meaning "book", or "the book". When the Council of Carthage finalized the canon of scripture at the end of the 4'th century, they simply called the compiled book "the Book". Because the bishops assembled in council were from many different localities and spoke various local dialects, the common language spoken at the council was the universal language of educated people of the time - Greek. Hence, biblios - Bible.

2. Since when has this name been used?

A: See #1

3. Do all Christian denominations use this name?

A: Never heard of one that didn't.

4. What is the exact meaning of the word "Bible"?

A: See #1.

5. Why do some Bibles have more books than others?

A: Because the founders of Protestantism eliminated 7 books of Sacred Scripture, some of which contradicted their new doctrines. Therefore Protestant Bibles have seven fewer books (66) than the original Bible did (73). The Catholic Church, which defined the original Bible, still use it. Therefore they have the full 73 books which all Christians on earth used until a few hundred years ago. Those who removed the seven Old Testament books fully intended to remove three New Testament books as well, in which case the Protestant Bibles would be short 10 books rather than 7. However, their followers were so vehemently against this that they dropped the issue, saving the New Testament from desecration.

-- Paul M. (PaulCyp@cox.net), June 01, 2004.

spanish translation of my above post, with an added statement that i dont know any spanish and asking for understanding if the translator program messed some things up.

excúseme por favor, pero no sé español. el programa que traducía no pudo ser muy bueno en el español cualquiera.

1. Quién dio el "Bible" conocido; ¿al libro santo?

católicos, cuando lo compilaron.

2. ¿Desde entonces cuando se ha utilizado este conocido?

desde el último 300's cuando en el primer consejo católico los católicos compilaron los scriptures en un libro.

3. ¿Todas las denominaciones cristianas utilizan este nombre?

no, la mayoría, pero no todo.

4. ¿Cuál es el significado exacto del "Bible" de la palabra;?

me no piensa que tiene un significado exacto, con excepción de ése que es el título del libro que contiene la palabra del dios.

5. ¿Por qué algunas biblias tienen más libros que otros?

porque luther, cuidadoso del hecho de que ciertos aspectos él didnt como fueron contenidos en siete textos del viejo testamento, junto con varias frases en el nuevo. el luther cambió las frases agregando algunas palabras aquí y allí, pero para los siete libros él los etiquetó como el apocrypha (inspirado, pero verdad no enteramente divina), que era un juicio que a le no se permitió hacer. denominaciones más últimas de protestants quitaron enteramente estos libros de la biblia, una acción que también no tenían la derecha de hacer. ése es porqué la biblia católica contiene siete más libros que la mayoría de las biblias protestantes.

-- paul h (dontsendmemail@notanaddress.com), June 01, 2004.