The Canon on Trial: How the Catholic Church Forged the One True Bible by Jeff Callaway
The Canon on Trial: How the Catholic Church Forged the One True Bible By Jeff Callaway Texas Outlaw Poet They tell you the Bible just showed up one day, leather-bound and chapter-numbered, dropped straight from heaven into some apostle's lap. They tell you it was always there, always clear, always the same 66 books from Genesis to Revelation. They tell you the Catholic Church corrupted it, added to it, manipulated the pure Word of God for power and profit. They're lying. Not accidentally. Not out of ignorance. But systematically, deliberately, and with the kind of historical amnesia that would embarrass a goldfish. Because here's the truth nobody wants to talk about: For nearly four hundred years after Christ ascended into heaven, there was no universally agreed-upon Bible. Not even close. What there was instead was a Church—a living, breathing, worshiping, martyr-making Church—celebrating Mass, ordaining bishops, baptizing converts, and spreading the Gospel from Jerusalem ...
