The True Origin of the Bible: What Historians Get Wrong

Most people think the Bible was put together at the Council of Nicaea, where a Roman emperor and a room full of bishops voted on which books would stay and which would go. But the records of that council tell a different story. Nicaea did not choose the books of the Bible, and no single council did. In this video we trace the real origin of the Bible, from the Hebrew scriptures and the Dead Sea Scrolls to Marcion's short list, Irenaeus and the four gospels, the Muratorian fragment and the Nag Hammadi library. We follow Eusebius and his disputed books, Athanasius and his letter of 367, the regional councils of Hippo and Carthage, Jerome and the Vulgate, Martin Luther and the Apocrypha, and finally the Council of Trent. This is a video about history, not theology: it looks at the paper trail, not at the question of faith. By the end you will see why Christians around the world still do not count the same number of books in their Bibles. No single room, no single vote: the canon was assembled slowly, one community at a time. SOURCES: • Wikipedia — "Biblical canon" • Wikipedia — "Development of the New Testament canon" • Wikipedia — "Dead Sea Scrolls" • Wikipedia — "Marcion of Sinope" • Wikipedia — "Muratorian fragment" • Wikipedia — "Nag Hammadi library" • Wikipedia — "First Council of Nicaea" • Wikipedia — "Vulgate" • Irenaeus of Lyon — his defense of four gospels (c. 180) • Eusebius of Caesarea — his survey of the books Christians read (c. 330) • Athanasius of Alexandria — Easter letter of 367 listing the New Testament books • Martin Luther — his label "Apocrypha" for the books outside the Hebrew Bible • Council of Trent — decree on the canon of 8 April 1546 #Bible #BibleHistory #BiblicalCanon #CanonOfScripture #NewTestament #OldTestament #CouncilOfNicaea #Constantine #Marcion #Irenaeus #MuratorianFragment #DeadSeaScrolls #NagHammadi #Eusebius #Athanasius #Jerome #Vulgate #MartinLuther #CouncilOfTrent #Apocrypha #EarlyChristianity #ChurchHistory #History #HistoryDocumentary #HistoryExplained #HiddenHistory #TrueOrigin