Expert: Elder Greg Madden - 6/8/2006

Question
Hello I have question concerning the following pasage:

For pervese councels seperate a man fom GOD,and his power,put to the proof rebukes the foolhardly:
Because into a soul that plots evil wisdom enters NOT,nor dwells she in a body under debt of sin....this one reminded me of you ....its on the book of wisom *1;3:4

^^^ that passage was shared with me by my friend's sister who so happens to be seeking the word of God; Honestly, I never heard of it before; therefore, I ended up googling it, and I came up with something that was not from the Holly Bible (King James New Testiment) I really don't know much about my friend's sister, but I have heard about her recent behavior involving her seeking the word of God. Anyhow, her sister feels strangly about her behavior, and I agree, according to the feedback that she shares me. It almost sounds as she is mocking the word, and using the word out of context.

Can you tell me more about the passage above?

Answer
Mariano,

I am uncertain what your question is. I will address what I think your asking, but I would appreciate it if you would write back a more specific question.

What I understand you asking is concerning the text out of the book of wisdom found in the apocrypha. The apocrypha is the name for 14 books written between about 200BC and AD100. Apocrypha, meaning “hidden” or “secret”, refers to the mysterious nature of their origin. Neither their authors nor the circumstances of their writings are known. Neither the Jews nor the early Christians accepted them as inspired scripture. The books themselves do not claim inspiration. There are no “Thus saith the Lord’s”. Although the New Testament has 263 direct quotations from and 370 allusions to the Old Testament, there is not a single reference to the books of the apocrypha. It was at the Council of Trent, on April 8th, 1546, that the pope declared tradition and the apocrypha to be canonical and authoritative. These books teach several false doctrines and contain many inaccurate historical facts.

Though these books were considered non-canonical, slowly over the years they came to be regarded by the Roman Catholic Church as part of the Bible, and were finally officially labeled as such. But the Historical Hebrew Religion, and the Historical Christian Religion growing from it, understood that these writings were non-canonical.

This is a division between Roman Catholicism and Christianity. Christianity, leaning upon God's Holy Word alone (the scriptures) as the ultimate Authority, and the logic in the Spirit of consistent dividing of Truth. And catholic’s leaning upon the word of man (traditions) as the Authority of the Church, and the non-logic in the spirit of inconsistency and rationalizations. The facts speak for themselves, Biblically, Historically, and Logically, and they all point to the same conclusion. The apocrypha books are not Canonical, and they never were.

Please let me know if this helps,
Elder Greg