Friday, 05 June 2009
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Question 148 - Why wasn't Enoch added to the Bible?
Question 148 - Why wasn't Enoch added to the Bible?
MY QUESTION IS, WHY ARE THE BOOKS OF ENOCH LEFT OUT OF THE BIBLE AND IT DEALS WITH THE WATCHERS, WHICH TAUGHT MANKIND MANY THINGS, AND WHO WERE THE WATCHERS AND WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND ANGELS AND I WONDER IF THE WATCHERS ARE RELATED TO THE ANNUNAKI FROM THE EGYPTIANS, FOR THE "ANNUNAKI" MEANS THOSE WHO CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN TO EARTH, AND IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH UFOS, FOR THEY WERE REPORTED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE HUMAN HISTORY AND THERE WEIRD THINGS ON THE WALLS ON EGYPT SUCH AS THIS.
http://www.catchpenny.org/alien.html
IS IT IS LEFT OUT BECAUSE IT IS NOT IMPORTANT FOR OUR SALVATION OR GOD DOES NOT INDEED FOR US TO KNOW ABOUT.
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP
CRAIG
R. Sungenis: Craig, Enoch was left out simply because the Church was not prompted by the Holy Spirit to include it in the canon. Granted, that is an a posteriori argument, but it cannot be denied. Practically speaking, there were over 200 separate books that were potential candidates for the New Testament; and there were the Deuterocanonical and Pseudipigraph books of the Old Testament that had to be judged. Since Enoch was never included in either the Palestinian or Alexandrian canon, the Church had little reason to regard it as inspired. Some of these books had much factual information in them, but the criterion for canonicity is not facts, not even facts about salvation, but divine inspiration. If a book was not inspired by the Holy Spirit, it wouldn't matter how factual its information was, it would not be made part of the canon. As Catholics, we must ultimately believe that the Holy Spirit made the decision on the canon. It cannot be left to the decision of man (even though we also say that the Holy Spirit used the decisions of man to help Him arrive at the final canon). If not, then the canon is subject to fallibility.
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