It’s a matter of Logic. Much of the New Testament didn’t exist until after Christ’s death. He left the Apostles to run his Church. As various groups had wrong interpretations they had to formalize the teachings and put together the best documents to put together the Bible.
And yes before the Catholic Church canonized the Bible there was no official Old Testament. Various Jewish groups had different books they thought were valid. Now the Pentateuch including Genesis was pretty universally accepted but the Catholic Church made the Greek version the Septuagint the official version since it was what was in more common use at the time.
It’s a matter of Logic. Much of the New Testament didn’t exist until after Christ’s death. He left the Apostles to run his Church. As various groups had wrong interpretations they had to formalize the teachings and put together the best documents to put together the Bible.
And yes before the Catholic Church canonized the Bible there was no official Old Testament. Various Jewish groups had different books they thought were valid. Now the Pentateuch including Genesis was pretty universally accepted but the Catholic Church made the Greek version the Septuagint the official version since it was what was in more common use at the time.
To live is Christ, not to live is the Bible. Pretty self explanatory. Just as in the military you swear to the Constitution, not to the President.