\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canon of the Bible\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: II Peter 1:13-21 I. Reasons for existence A. Promotion of a false doctrine because support cannot be found in the Scriptures B. Gaps led to speculation 1. Have you ever wondered what Jesus’ childhood was like? So have many others, which has lead to infancy gospels to tell us what people imagined his…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119,32],"tags":[660,130],"class_list":["post-44994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-sermon","tag-apocrypha","tag-canon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94813,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-canon-of-the-bible\/","url_meta":{"origin":44994,"position":0},"title":"The Canon of the Bible","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 28, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Inspired Books The Canon of the Old Testament - Part 1 The Canon of the Old Testament - Part 2 The New Testament Canon False Books The Book of Enoch The Book of Jasher The Apocrypha New Testament Apocrypha - Infancy Gospels","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17161,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/are-any-of-the-apocrypha-truthful\/","url_meta":{"origin":44994,"position":1},"title":"Are any of the Apocrypha truthful?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Thank you for the insight into the Book of Enoch. I have been curious about reading this piece. I was wondering if you know of any other \"gospels\" that are considered truthful that are apart of the Apocrypha writings, such as the books of Maccabees, Thomas, Mary, etc. Answer:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25883,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/were-the-apocrypha-books-accepted-as-canon-before-the-council-of-trent\/","url_meta":{"origin":44994,"position":2},"title":"Were the Apocrypha books accepted as canon before the Council of Trent?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Again I question your dates. You say that the Catholic Church added the \"Apocryphal\" books to the Bible in 1546 AD. I'm assuming you are talking about the Council of Trent, the Church's response to the Reformation. You are correct in saying that the Church affirmed that the \"Apocryphal\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39522,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/is-sirach-inspired\/","url_meta":{"origin":44994,"position":3},"title":"Is Sirach Inspired?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 30, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"by Mike Thomas There is confusion over whether or not the Apocrypha are inspired and whether or not they belong in the canon of the Bible. We can have confidence in knowing these books were not authored by God. 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