• Every Catalog Of Scripture In The Ancient Church Disregarded The Apocrypha As Part Of The Canon
• Not Until The Fifth Century A.D., Under Roman Catholicism, Were These Apocryphal Books Added To Scriptural Catalogs

• Neither Jesus Christ Nor Any New Testament Author Quoted From The Apocrypha, Though Various "True" Scripture Texts Were Quoted

• The Ancient Historian Josephus Not Only Excluded The Apocrypha From The Canon, But Also Considered These Writings To Be A Satanic Infiltration Of The Scriptures

• None Of The Apocrypha Books Ever Claim Divine Inspiration, Though Numerous Canonised Works Claimed This Of Themselves: DEU 31.24-26; NEH 8.1-8; JOSH 1.8; JUD 3.4; DAN 12.2; 9.2; JER 36; JO 5.39; 10.35; 2 KI 22-23; NEH 8.5

• All Apocryphal Authors Never Held The Office Or Gift Of Prophet

• These Books Contain Many Historical, Geographical, And Chronological Errors. There Are So Many Distortions That You Would Have To Reject Most Of The Bible To Accept These Books As Scriptural.

• The Books Condone Practices Specifically Forbidden By Scripture, I.E.: Murder, Suicide, Salvation By Works, Magic, Prayers For The Dead, And Purgatory.

• The Apocrypha Teaches Hatred Of The Samaritans

• Errors In Tobit:
• Tobit Was A Youth In The Days Of The Revolt Of The Ten Northern Tribes Of Israel (Tobit 1.3-5). At The Time Of The Assyrian Captivity He Would Have Been Over 200 Years Old. Yet It Was Reported That He Died At 158 Years Of Age (TOBIT 14.11).
• Ninevah Was Never Taken By Nebuchadnezzar, But This Book Erroneously Reports That It Was (TOBIT 14.15).

• Errors In Judith:
• States That There Are Errors In Tobit, Yet Adds More Errors Of It's Own (JUDITH 1.1).
• The Book Tells A Story Of A Jealous Demon Lover Who Has A Girlfriend In Humanity. Because Of His Passion He Begins Murdering Judith's Friends Until Her Human Boyfriend Discovers The Demon. The Boyfriend Defeats The Demon By Burning The Heart And Liver Of A Fish, Then Marries Judith To Live Happily Ever After.

• Errors In 2 Maccabees
• 2 Maccabees 14.41-46 Justifies Suicide
• 2 Maccabees 12.41-45 Gives Prayers For The Dead, And Lists Ways To Buy The Dead Out Of Hell.

• Errors In Ecclesiasticus
• Ecclesiasticus 3.30 Justifies Salvation By Giving Large Donations To God.
• Ecclesiasticus 33.26 Justifies Cruelty To Slaves.

• Errors In Wisdom Of Solomon
• Wisdom Of Solomon 7.25 Teaches The False Doctrine Of Gnosticism
• Wisdom Of Solomon 8.19-20 Teaches The Pre-Existence Of The Soul And Reincarnation

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