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Protestantism: A Historical and Spiritual Wrong Way Turn.
By Frederick Pogorzelski
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Important Dates in the Formation of the Bible. Dates: Canon of Bible. Covenant Family of God.
the Church is the Body of Christ; a family with members on earth, in heaven, and in purgatory.

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3760 BCE (Before the Common Era)	First Year of the Jewish calendar.
1290	Moses leads the exodus from Egypt.
1000 - 961	David, the United Monarchy centered in Jerusalem, court historians begin to write what will become the J material.
961 - 922	Solomon. Temple is dedicated in 950. J material is put in its final form.
922	End of the United Kingdom. The Northern Kingdom, Israel, has its capitol at Samaria. The Southern Kingdom, Judah, has its capitol in Jerusalem.
922 - 721	The E material is collected in the Northern Kingdom.
783 - 742	Reign of King Uzziah. The work of the Deuteronomic historians begins. These writings become the books of Deuteronomy through 2 Kings.
768 - 746	Reign of King Jeroboam II, the Golden Age of the Northern Kingdom.
750	Amos, a trimmer of sycamore trees from Judah, is sent as prophet to Israel.
740 - 687	First Isaiah, author of Isaiah 1 to 39, is active in Jerusalem.
740 - 700	Hosea is active in Israel.
721	The A ssyrians under Sargon II destroyed Israel.
722 - 701	Micah is active in Judah.
640 - 609	Reign of King Josiah.
626 - 580	Jeremiah is active as prophet in Jerusalem.
586	Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem. The Babylonian captivity begins.
586 - 538	The Exile. The Priestly writer organizes the J, E, and D material into the Torah, the first five books of the Bible.
582 - 573	Ezekiel is active as prophet in the Exile.
540	Second Isaiah, author of Isaiah 40 to 55, writes during the Exile.
535	Third Isaiah, author of Isaiah 56 to 66, is active back in Jerusalem as it is being rebuilt.
520 - 515	The Second Temple is built. Haggai and Zecharaiah are active in Jerusalem.
500 - 450	Malachi and Obadiah, the last prophets.
400 - 200	The Chronicler's History is written. Qoheleth's sayings are edited by his students.
275	Jews in Alexandria translate the Hebrew scriptures into Greek. It is called the Septuagint or LXX.
166 - 160	Judas Maccaheus leads revolt against the Seleucids.
1st century BCE	Wisdom, 1 and 2 Maccabees are written.
7 BCE to 27 CE (Common Era)	Approximate time of life and maturity of Jesus.
49	1 Thessalonians, the first written work of the New Testament.
54 - 63	Paul's letters to the Galatians, Philippians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Romans, and Philemon.
Mid to late 60s	The Gospel of Mark, James.
70	Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem by the Romans.
70s - 80s	Colossians, Matthew, Luke/Acts, Hebrews, 1 Peter.
90	Pharisees, meeting of Jamnia, decide on the final version of the Hebrew Canon. (This may not be a settled archeological fact.)
90s	Ephesians, 2 Thessalonians, Gospel of John, 1, 2, and 3 John, Revelation, Jude, Titus, 1 and 2 Timothy.
After 100	2 Peter.
200	The Gospels, the Pauline Epistles, Acts, and John are generally accepted as scripture.
382-419*	The Synods of Hippo, 393A.D., and Carthage, 397 A.D., and later, 419 A.D., (along with the Traditional Bible or Latin Vulgate (LV), 406 A.D., by Saint Jerome)gave us the canon of Sacred Scripture, as Catholics know it today. The Ordinary Magisterium of the Catholic Church **infallibly{see short article below} taught this canon. It should be noted that in the very early centuries of the Church some saints were already stating, "the Catholic Church teaches infallibly." The doctrine of papal infallibility was not formally defined until 1870 at the First Ecumenical Vatican Council. This is about 300 years after the Ecumenical Council of Trent. This is not the date papal infallibility became true; papal infallibility has always been true.
500	The 27 books of the New Testament are in general acceptance in the Latin and Greek Churches.

* The regional or local Catholic Church Synods of Hippo, 393 A.D., and Carthage, 397 A.D.,and later, Carthage, 419 A.D., gave us the canon of Sacred Scripture,as we know it today. Although these were just local councils, Saint Augustine did insist that the list given by these councils be sent to Rome for approval. Pope Saint Siricius (384-399 A.D.) approved the canon just as his papal predecessor Pope Damasus 1 had done in a synodin 382 A.D. with a formal writing "Decretal of Gelasius", derecipiendis et non recipiendis libris. (The archeological findings and analysis pertaining to the Council of Rome, 382 A.D., and some of the Popes may not be a settled fact.) A friend of Saint Jerome, Saint Exuperius of Toulouse, a Gallican bishop, wrote to Pope Innocent I in a formal letter requesting the list of canonical books. The Pope replied in February of 405 A.D. with a letter (Consulenti Tibi) confirming and reaffirming the canon given at Hippo and Carthage. The decrees of the regional or local Catholic Church Synods of Hippo, 393 A.D., and Carthage, around 400 A.D., were submitted to the "transmarine Church"(Rome) and approved by the Popes and are considered official Church teachings by official Church councils or synods. Although these synods were merely local, and they in themselves did not have universal binding authority, their decrees were submitted to various Popes. After the Popes approved the decrees, they became part of the Ordinary and **Infallible teaching of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. The Latin Vulgate(LV) version of the Bible by Saint Jerome was completed about 406 A.D.and included the deuterocanonical books. About 1000 years later, the Ecumenical Council of Trent, Session Four, would state: "If anyone does not accept as sacred and canonical the aforesaid books in their entirety and with all their parts, as they have been accustomed to be read in the Catholic Church and as they are contained in the old Latin Vulgate Edition, and knowingly and deliberately rejects the aforesaid traditions, let him be anathema."

Infallibly Taught Doctrine.

by Frederick Pogorzelski, Catholic Catechist: A Catechist request for extraordinary definition. Can we hear from Ecclestical Authority on this some day?

**Infallibly: As an amateur theologian I do not claim that this is taught by the extraordinary magisterium. I believe it to be under the rubric of infallibly taught doctrine, by the ordinary magisterium, because it is part of the general and universal teaching of the Catholic Church throughout the ages.

A possible logical parallel might be the teaching of the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ.
I believe the bodily resurrection of Christ is also under the rubic of infallibly taught doctrine by the ordinary magisterium of the Catholic Church. It would be nice to hear from ecclestical authority on both of these issues.
By ecclestical authority I understand Creedal definition, papal definition, or conciliar definition. see: Responses To 101 Questions On The Bible by Rayomd E. Brown, published by Paulist Press, New York, pages 11 - 16 and pages 73 - 74. Remember though, that this was published in 1990 and their may have been recent archeological discoveries (findings and analysis) concerning in what language, and by whom, the deuterocanonical books were preserved and or were originally written.

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