The Historicity of the Bible

Questions Covered:

• The Gospel says Judas hung himself, but in another Gospel it says he bought a field, how do we reconcile these accounts?
• I have a friend who says the Apocrypha isn’t true scriptures. What’s the historicity of these books?
• What’s the Catholic Church’s position on these new scroll regarding Judas?
• A Protestant friend said that he trusts the bible because of the lack of contradiction, and that’s where the inspiration of the Bible is evident, what’s the Catholic view of this?
• In the creation story, the light was created on the first day, but the stars were created on the fourth day. How do we reconcile this?