One can look into the Council of Nicaea if one wants to understand how the process of forming the Biblical canon worked.
As a catechumen of the Eastern Orthodox church, this is discussed as part of catechism.
Our church has a tiered Canon, essentially. Highest is the 4 Gospels, then the epistles & letters of the New testament, then the Old testament which is read as a type or shadow of the new covenant. After this comes writings thought to be inspired but were not universally accepted at Nicaea, such as Enoch. Of course fully heretical texts as the various Gnostic texts from 2nd & 3rd century were excluded whole sale.
Luther made his own alterations, from what I know to match the masoretic OT, not realizing this Hebrew version was likely rewritten to remove as many references to Jesus as possible, to prevent conversion of Jews to Christianity. Also to support the Reformation (which ended up a rebellion and founding their own separate church).
One can look into the Council of Nicaea if one wants to understand how the process of forming the Biblical canon worked.
As a catechumen of the Eastern Orthodox church, this is discussed as part of catechism.
Our church has a tiered Canon, essentially. Highest is the 4 Gospels, then the epistles & letters of the New testament, then the Old testament which is read as a type or shadow of the new covenant. After this comes writings thought to be inspired but were not universally accepted at Nicaea, such as Enoch. Of course fully heretical texts as the various Gnostic texts from 2nd & 3rd century were excluded whole sale.
Luther made his own alterations, from what I know to match the masoretic OT, not realizing this Hebrew version was likely rewritten to remove as many references to Jesus as possible, to prevent conversion of Jews to Christianity. Also to support the Reformation (which ended up a rebellion and founding their own separate church).