Originally posted by: Invader JennyWhat's the council of Trent?
And there are 1.2 Billion Muslims in the world. Not roman catholics.
And there are 1.2 Billion Muslims in the world. Not roman catholics.
According to the BBC as of 2005 there were about 1.1 Billion members of the RCC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/4243727.stm
Considering the growth rates of Catholic Populations in parts of Asia, South America and especially Africa 1.2 billion Catholics in June 2006 is probably pretty close to the mark. Add the Orthodox Church and the Protestant faiths and you reach the 2.1 Billion Christian mark real fast. Christians outnumber Muslims by almost two to one on this planet.
The Council of Trent was an Ecumenical Council of the RCC (the 19th if I remember correctly) and it addressed Biblical Canon among other things. To make a long story short there had been many members interested in elevating certain books (the RCC calls them deuterocanonical and Protestants call them apocrypha) to full canon status. There were a number of reasons for this; they provide scriptural support for Purgatory, Prayer for the Dead and they bridge the Old and New Testament. Many elements of the church were opposed to elevating these books to canon status for an equal number of reasons; they provide scriptural support for Purgatory, Prayer for the Dead and they infer that women are pretty much useless.
The Protestants began breaking away from the RCC in the early sixteenth century and much of the resistance to the deuterocanonical books left with them. Since those that opposed elevating the books were gone it was relatively simple for the remaining Church leaders to elevate those books to canon status. That is why a Catholic Bible has more books in the OT than a Protestant Bible.
Many modern Catholics claim that the deuterocanonical books were never really in debate and have always been apart of Biblical canon. So long as people have a passion for secular history they will see this for the lie that it is.
Some day SE OT fans and George may claim that the SE OT is the way Star Wars always has been, but so long as people have a passion for secular history they will see this for the lie that it is as well.