Who Made The Bible

“Where is that in the Bible?” Anti Catholics always ask this to prove Catholic practices are baseless or unbiblical. IN order to answer them, we should know the true story about the origin of the Bible. Hundreds of protestant pastors have already come back to Catholic Church just because  they studied not only the bible, but also the great history of the Bible.

‘BIBLE ALONE’ IS NOT THE BASIS OF FAITH

           

Jesus in His life never mentioned about a Bible. He never commanded us to believe in a book. We cannot see He ordered apostles to write a Book. During the time of apostles there was no Bible at all. Jesus founded, not a book as the basis of faith, but the Church as the “pillar and foundation of the truth” (2Tim 3:15). And He promised not that book, but He himself will be with His Church till the end of the age (Mt 28:20) and the Holy Spirit will lead the apostles and the successors in to the “fullness of truth” after His ascension to Heaven(Jn. 14:16-17). He even said, “if anyone refuses to listen to the church, treat him as if you would a gentile or tax collector.”

TRADITION AND THE BIBLE

            In the early centuries, before the Bible was formed Christians believed the teaching of the apostles and their disciples, as the basis of their faith, which the Church calls “Holy Tradition.” These traditions were not human customs mentioned in Mt. 15: 3,6-9, that were observed by Pharisees, but they were accepted as guided by the Holy Spirit.

            In fact, the words such as “Bible”, “Purgatory”, “Trinity”, and Assumption are all coming from these early Christian traditions! Later, when the bible came, it defended  those traditions.

            2 Thess. 2:15 “ So then, brethren, stand firm and hold the traditions  which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.”

            1 Cor. 11:2 “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything, and hold firmly to the traditions just as I delivered them to you”

PANIMULA

       
        At pagka kayo ay nagsisidalangin, ay huwag kayong gaya ng mga nagpapaibabaw: sapagkat inibig nilaang magsidalangin ng patayo sa mga sinagoga at sa mga likuang daan,  upang silay mangakita ng mga tao. Katotohanang sinasabi ko sa inyo, Tinanggap na nila ang sa kanila’y ganti.

       Datapuwa’t ikaw, pagka ikaw ay manalangin, pumasok ka sa iyong silid, at kung mailapat mo na ang iyong pinto, ay manalangin ka sa iyong Ama na nasa lihim, at ang iyong Ama na nakakikita sa lihim  ay gagantihan ka.

      At sa pananalangin ninyo ay huwag ninyong gamitin ang walang kabuluhang pauli-ulit, na gaya ng ginagawa ng mga Gentil: sapagkat inisip nilang dahil sa kanilang maraming kasasalita ay didinggin sila.

      Huwag nga kayong magsigaya sa kanila: sapagkat talastas ng inyong Ama ang mga bagay na inyong kinakailangan, bago ninyo hingin sa kanya.

     In these words, handed down to us from the Master, it is the Magic Formula for Succesful Prayer.

      It can be yours if you apply the principles that it gives forth to all.

      For prayer, and particularly Successful Prayer, is not the mumbling of well-remembered words, nor the frenzied mouthing of strange words in a moment of panic, nor the asking of fantastic favors.

      It is rather man’s sincere desire. The manifestation of the bond that exists between the Creator and the created. It is meeting God, knowing God, talking to God, becoming one with God.