/lit/ - Literature

My suggestion for a standardised OP edition (Deus Vult).

Bible threads are a non-denominational general on /lit/ dedicated to the study and discussion of the Bible specifically and Christianity more broadly. While some level of inter-denominational bullying is expected, we do try to keep things generally focused on sharing the teachings of Christ, rather then attacking each other. Questions from people new to Christianity and/or Bible study are very much encouraged, no matter how basic. Fedora-Trolls are common in these threads and the best way to deal with them is to just report and ignore, rather then responding to them.

Read the Bible online: https://www.biblegateway.com/
Read (non-Gnostic) apocrypha online: http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/apocrypha.html
Read Gnostic apocrypha online: http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/nhlcodex.html

Bible translations commonly discussed in these threads:
KJV - King James Version - The Classic Bible from 1611, still in common use today.
NKJV - New King James Version - A well received conservative update to the KJV from 1982.
ESV - English Standard Version - Very popular translation and basis for one of the best Study Bibles.
NRSV - New Revised Standard Version - Popular (progressive) Protestant Bible.
NABRE - New American Bible Revised Edition - Popular (progressive) Catholic Bible.
NIV - New International Version - One of the most popular translations but also considered progressive.

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Thread question: What value -if any- do you personally put on the Old Testament and why?

>>20290325
Currently religious discussions are split between /lit/, /his/ and /x/. What we actually need is a dedicated religious board, /rel/.
>>20287241
>"gospel" of Thomas where they copied the Gospels to give it weight and filled the rest with gnosticism
The Gospel of Thomas is almost certainly as old as the other gospels. It simply is a record of sayings of Jesus that are (mostly) independent of the bible. While it did seem to be popular with gnostics, there is not exactly anything in Thomas that is anymore explicitly Gnostic then what can be found in some of the Pauline letters.
I honestly think it is rather bizarre that the OT (texts used exclusively by those who rejected and murdered Jesus) was included in the canon, yet Thomas was not.
>your own Bible with works that aren't in the canon
The bible as it currently stands is simply not suitable for my church. Much of it is just incompatible with what was revealed to me. Besides, Christianity has a long history of people making textual harmonies; I am simply making three of them and including material from a number of works considered apocryphal.
>sounds like a LDS/JW-esque cult
Well actually in action, my denomination would probably most resemble of a mixture of Orthodoxy and Catholicism (pre-reformation), with elements of the Salvation Army.
But lets not start calling denominations 'cults'. As Christians, how about we all come together and focus on the real enemy; The evangelicals and Unitarians.