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by Neil maceachen on April 29th, 2004

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Does the Old Testament make reference to an additional book being accepted as the Word of God. If so, what is the passage?

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  • by Nic Read on July 6th, 2004

    Nic Read

    The Old testament and New testament and Book of Mormon all cite scriptures possessed by the writers, which they considered part of their canon. But we don't have them in the Bible. Fortunately the Lord has set his hand to restore all things in our time. So some of these books are being discovered in archaeological digs, or restored by revelation.

    Are we talking one or two books? Try 160.

    Mentioned but Missing From the Old Testament:

    1. Book of the Covenant Exodus 24:4, 7
    2. Book of the Wars Numbers 21:14
    3. Book of Jasher Joshua 10:13 (now discovered)
    2 Samuel 1:18
    4. Book of Statutes 1 Samuel 10:25
    5. Book of the Acts of Solomon 1 Kings 11:41
    6. Book of Nathan 1 Chronicles 29:29
    2 Chronicles 9:29
    7. Book of Gad (Same as #6)
    8. Prophecy of Ahijah 2 chronicles 9:29; 2:15; 13:22
    9. Visions of Iddo (Same as #8)
    10. Book of Shemaiah 2 chronicles 12:15
    11. Book of Jehu 2 Chronicles 20:34
    12. Acts of Uzziah, Written by Isaiah 2 Chronicles 26:22
    13. Sayings of the Seers 2 Chronicles 33:19
    14. Prophecies of Enoch Jude 14 (now discovered)
    15. "He shall be called a Nazarene" being cited in Matthew 2:23 as OT scripture; not found in the Old Testament writings.

    Mentioned but Missing from the New Testament:

    16. Missing Epistle of Paul 1 Corinthians 5:9
    17. 2nd Missing Epistle of Paul Ephesians 3:3-4
    18. 3rd Missing Epistle of Paul Colossians 4:16
    19. Missing Epistle of Jude Jude 3

    Old Testament writings that were not compiled into the Bible:

    20. Tobit
    21. Judith
    22. Additions to the book of Esther
    23. Wisdom of Solomon
    24. Ecclesiasticus, or the Wisdom of Jesus son of Sirach
    25. Baruch
    26. The Letter of Jeremiah
    27. Prayer of Azariah
    28. Song of the Three Jews (These are missing books of Daniel.)
    29. Susana
    30. Bel and the Dragon
    31. 1 Maccabees
    32. 2 Maccabees
    33. 3 Maccabees
    34. 4 Maccabees
    35. 1 Esdras
    36. 2 Esdras
    37. Prayer of Manasseh
    38. Psalm 151

    New Testament writings that were not compiled into the Bible:

    39. Mary (written of in the "Storia Ecclesastica", 337a.d. by Eusebius)
    40. Acts of Paul
    41. Acts of Andrew
    42. Acts of John
    43. The Protevangelion
    44. Infancy I
    45. Infancy II. Christ and Abgarus
    47. Nicodemus
    48. The Apostles Creed
    49. Laodiceans
    50. Paul and Seneca
    51. Paul and Thecla
    52. Revelation of Peter
    53. Epistle of Barnabas
    54. The Lost Gospel According to Peter
    55. Gospel of Thomas
    56. Gospel of Matthias
    57. Clement I
    58. Clement II
    59. Ephesians (II)
    60. Magnesians
    61. Trallians
    62. Romans (II)
    63. Philadelphians
    64. Smyrnaeans
    65. Polycarp
    66. Philippians (II)
    66. Gospel writer referred to only by the letter Q

    (Some of these can be referenced in the writings by Marcion, 150 a.d., and
    Muratorian, 170 a.d. All of these New Testament age writings are a matter of
    record and are not trumped up Mormon propaganda; they have been discovered
    over the past hundred years in old or thought to be lost libraries.)

    67. Sheppard of Hermas
    68. Hermas I (Visions)
    69. Hermas II (Commands)
    70. Hermas III (Similitudes)
    71. Letters of Herod and Pilate (Ref. to their trial of Christ)

    Apocryphal Writings mentioned as recently as the fourth century A.D.:

    72. The Gospel of Andrew
    73. Other Books under Andrew
    74. Gospel of Apelles
    75. The Gospel According to the Twelve Apostles
    76. The Gospel of Barnabes
    77. The Writings of Bartholomew the Apostle
    78. The Gospel of Bartholomew
    79. The Gospel of Basilides
    80. The Gospel of Cernithus
    81. The Revelation of Cernithus
    82. An Epistle of Jesus Christ to Peter and Paul
    83. Several other Books under the name of Christ
    84. An Epistle of Christ (produced by the Manichees)
    85. A Hymn, taught by Christ to his Disciples
    86. The Gospel according to the Egyptians
    87. The Acts of the Apostles
    88. The Gospel of the Ebionites
    89. The Gospel of the Encratites
    90. The Gospel of Eve
    91. The Gospel according to the Hebrews (or Hebrews II)
    92. The Book of the Helkesaites
    93. The False Gospels of the Hesychius
    94. The Book of James
    95. The Acts of John
    96. Gospel of Jude
    97. Gospel according to Judas Iscariot
    98. Acts of the Apostle Leucius
    99. Acts of the Apostle Lentitus
    100. Acts of the Apostle Leontius
    101. Acts of the Apostle Leuthon
    102. The False Gospels, published by Lucianus
    103. Acts of the Apostles (used by the Manichees)
    104. The Gospel according to or of Marcion
    105. Books under Matthew:
    The Gospel of Matthias
    The Traditions of Matthias
    The Book of Matthias
    The Gospel of Merinthus
    106. Gospel According to the Nazarenes
    107. The Acts of Paul and Thecla
    108. The Preachings of Peter and Paul
    109. The Revelations of Paul
    110. The Gospel of Perfection
    111. Additional Acts of Peter
    112. The Doctrine of Peter
    113. The Gospel of Peter (not to be confused with the Gospel according to Peter)
    114. The Judgement of Peter
    115. The Preaching of Peter
    116. The Revelations of Peter
    117. The Acts of Philip
    118. The Gospel of Philip
    119. The Gospel of Scythianus
    120. The Acts of the Apostles, by Seleucus
    121. The Revelation of Stephen
    122. The Gospel of Titan
    123. The Gospel of Thaddaeus
    124. The Acts and Gospel of Thomas
    125. The Gospel of Truth
    126. Against the Heresies

    Modern Restoration of Missing Biblical Scriptures:

    127. Book of Moses
    128. Book of Abraham
    129. Prophecy of Joseph of Egypt (in 2 Nephi 3)
    130. Prophecy of Zenock (in 1 Nephi 19)
    131. Prophecy of Neum (in 1 Nephi 19)
    132. Prophecy of Zenos (in 1 Nephi 19)

    We might also expect there to have been writings of these Patriarchs:
    Adam, Seth, Enos,Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamach, Noah,
    Japheth, Shem, Ham, Arphaxad, Salah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Melchizedek, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Manasseh, and Ephraim.

    This makes a possible number of missing books as 160. Put another way, over 71 percent of the world's Christian scriptures are missing!

    Should we care? There is an amazing story in the Bible which supports this idea. It's found in 2 King 22:1,8,11,13: "Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem... And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.. And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes... Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book." The king understood that if you don't have all the scriptures, chances are you're not living all the commandments, and it's a real drag to be doing the wrong thing - or not enough of the right thing - just because the traditions of your people say the scriptures are already complete. Clearly in our day, the accepted canon of scripture is far from complete. If we don't know all the doctrines of God, or all the covenants we must make with Him, where does that leave us?

    This is why, in the Restoration of the gospel, the Lord revealed his Doctrines and Covenants anew. No moldy translation of Greek or Latin. Straight from the source. Aren't you glad Father is looking out for us?

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  • by Anonymous on May 2nd, 2004

    Anonymous

    Keep in mind, first of all, that the Bible was not written as a single, monolithic book.  It consists of many documents, which were written as separate documents, independent from one another.  It was not until some time a few hundred years after the last of it was written that it was all edited and compiled into a single volume.

    The Bible, as it currently stands, contains numerous refererences to documents which did not make it into the Bible.  Most of these references make it clear that these “lost books” contained valuable prophetic writings that are as sacred and authentic as those that are found in the Bible.

    Some useful coverage of this point may be found at this URL:

         http://scriptures.lds.org/bdl/lstbks

    I suspect that the person who asked this question was wondering about th Book of Mormon, which is not covered in what I have written so far.  There is a passage in Ezekiel 37:16–20  http://tinyurl.com/39who  which we interpret as referring to the Book of Mormon.  We believe that the Book of Mormon is the “stick of Joseph” or “stick of Ephraim” mentioned in this passage, and that the Bible is the “stick of Judah”.

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  • by Guardian Of Truth on March 8th, 2006

    Guardian Of Truth

    "It is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from
    yourselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so no one can boast."
    (Ephesians 2:8-9).

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  • by Glenn Blaylock on November 21st, 2004

    Glenn Blaylock

    I am writing this just to clarify something that my brother wrote. He referenced Ezekiel 37:16-20. I would like to elaborate on this point. Yes, that scripture is somewhat vague. Part of the reason for that vagueness is in the original Hebrew text. The word that the translators translated as stick is a rather vague word that can mean just about anything made of wood. The actual meaning depends on the context in which the word is used. In this case, the word could mean a branch of a tree, the stick around which a scroll is wrapped, or a writing tablet. Back when I was in high school, we used to think that it referred to the second of those possibilities. More recent research indicates that it refers to a writing tablet.

    Rather than try to explain why we believe this myself, I will just refer you to an article from the February 1987 Ensign (one of the Church's periodicals). The author was a professor of ancient scripture at Brigham Young University at the time. Anyway here is the link, http://tinyurl.com/58bfv

    ****************************
    pacella23,

    That's your interpretation. You are entitled to believe as you wish. We respectfully disagree with your interpretation.

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  • by Anonymous on December 26th, 2007

    Anonymous

    The last verse in the Gospel of John "And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen." So it would not matter what could be proved/disproved in the Old Testament to anyone who lives there life to "explain away" or totally deny any possibility of there being other records which could contain the "Word of God". They have received they're Bible from the hands of Catholics which was the only Christian belief world-wide for many, many, many years.

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  • by Guardian Of Truth on March 8th, 2006

    Guardian Of Truth

    This is a quote from the mormons teachings! Please show me this verse in the Current version of the Bible where Jesus, Paul or any of the deciple say something even remotley close to this. (Oh Yeh, I forgot this was only dreamed this up+- 1900 years later!)

    "I want to tell them and tell all the great men of the earth, that the Latter-
    day Saints [Mormons] are to be their redeemer. . .Believe in God, believe in Jesus, and believe in Joseph [Smith] his prophet, and Brigham [Young] his successor, and I add, If you will believe in your hearts and confess with your mouth Jesus is the Christ, that Joseph [Smith] was a prophet, and that Brigham [Young] is his successor, you shall be saved in the kingdom of God. No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial Kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...I cannot go there without his consent. . .he reigns there as supreme. . ." (quote from Brigham Young, JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, 6:299, 7:289).

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