Who Decided the Bible? Trusting the Canon, and Church Councils

William Albrecht tackles key canon debates—John 8, Nicaea, apocryphal books, and translation changes. Can we trust the Church’s authority on Scripture? Find out now!

Questions Covered:

• 06:35 - Considering scholarship on Jn 8. How do we justify it being in the bible since it’s not in the earliest manuscripts?
• 13:21 - How does the Church rectify other churches’ canons when they enter into communion?
• 16:34 - Can you talk about Cyril Lucaris and the canon conflict
• 19:03 - How do we relate to the oriental canon?
• 20:42 - What is the council of Nicaea 1 and 2? Could there have been other books that were considered a part of the canon during those councils?
• 22:23 - Book of Judith. It says Nebuchadnezzar was king of Assyria and I’ve heard it said that is historically incorrect. Can you talk about it?
• 34:07 - Does Tobit 12:9 contradict Paul?
• 37:23 - Could you elaborate how we could persuasively argue how we should trust the Church on the canon, especially for laymen who don’t want to get into the scholarship?
• 44:13 - In Mark 10:13-16 a new translation. Question on if they changed the reference to the child from ‘him’ to ‘it’ to be inclusive?
• 46:17 - I’ve heard that the doxology of the Our Father (for thine is the kingdom…etc.) is a marginal gloss, and not part of the original text of scripture. If that’s the case, why is it still in there?
• 48:13 - Why should we trust these men to put the bible together and not others?