The Apocrypha: Tobit, Judith, Wisdom, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, 1 and 2 Maccabees The Protestant argument is that the Catholic Church added the 7 books known as the Apocrypha to the Canon Bible at the Council of Trent in the mid-16th century (after the reformation) to back up things the Church taught Reformation: 1517 Martin Luther Council of Trent: 1545-48, 51-52, 62-63 The truth is that these books were part of the original Canon. They were there in 1442 at the Council of Florence. These books had beed a part of the Christian Canon dating back to the first Canon developed at the Synod of Hippo in 393.The Reformers adopted the "Jewish Canon" and rejected the "Christian Canon"...the problem now is that the spiritual decendants of the Reformers think that the "Jewish Canon" IS the "Christian Canon."Celibacy for Priests:Many Protestants feel it is wrong, and inherently evil, to forbid anyone from marrying and having sex. A refrence is made to 1 Timothy 4:1-3 saying that forbidding marriage is "a thing taught by demons."1 Cor 7:32-38--"An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs--how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world--how he can please his wife--and his interests are divided. I would like you be free from concern. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord. If anyone thinks he is acting improperly toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if she is getting along in years and feels he ought to marry, let him do as he wishes. He is commiting no sin; let them get married. THe one who stands firm in his resolve, however, who is not under compulsion but has power over his own will, and has made up his mind to keep his virgin, will be doing well. So then, the one who marries does well; the one who does not marry will do better "Matt 19:12 the words of Christ himself -there were some who "hav...
