Sacred Scripture

[CyrilSebastian]

Were there not four separate Books of Kings in the Catholic Bible?

[CyrilSebastian]

Gerald inquired if The Book of Enoch was part of the Catholic Bible.

[Benedict]

Gerald inquired if The Book of Enoch was part of the Catholic Bible.

The Book of Enoch has never been part of the Canon nor even of the Deuterocanon nor the Apocrypha. The Book of Enoch is a pseudo graphical collection of chapters whose best manuscript is Ethiopian. Only the Ethiopian Orthodox Church and some Ethiopian Jews considers it inspired, canonical and written by Enoch himself. The Book of Enoch is at best, a spiritual text, uninspired but contains bits and pieces of truth mixed with scribes errors, deletions and additions. It represents a mystical tradition of a particular sect of Messianic Jews.

[CyrilSebastian]

The first part of Psalm 21 is a thanksgiving Verses 2-8.   
The second part is a promise that the king will triumph over his enemies Verses 9-14.

[CyrilSebastian]

Psalm 68 Verse 5
Sing to God, praise the divine name;   
exalt the rider of the clouds.     
Rejoice before this God   
whose name is the Lord.
 
 

[CyrilSebastian]

Psalm 65 Verse 10   
 
You visit the earth and water it,   
make it abundantly fertile.   
God's stream is filled with water;   
with it you supply the world with grain.     
 

[CyrilSebastian]

The Gospel According to Saint Mark: Chapter 12 Verse 35   
While teaching in the Temple, Jesus said, "How can the scribes maintain that Christ is the son of God?"

[eschator83]

My NAB and several other translations say Jesus asked how Christ was called the son of David.

[CyrilSebastian]

Which St. James wrote the Epistle of St. James?

[eschator83]

Many thanks for motivating me back to this letter, it has been a long time, I think.  My NAB is moderately convinced, but not certain, that this James was not either of the Apostles, but rather the James referred to as a brother of our Lord, who was an early Christian leader in Jerusalem, killed by stoning in 62 AD.

[CyrilSebastian]

Were there not four separate Books of Kings in the Catholic Bible?

     
 

Yes. There were four separate Books of Kings in the Catholic Bible.     
The First Book of Samuel was called the First Book of Kings. The Second Book of Samuel was called the Second Book of Kings.

[CyrilSebastian]

The author of The Book of Ecclesiastes is Quoheleth. Quoheleth was only his literary name.   
Because he was called "David's son, king in Jerusalem", it was commonly thought he was King Solomon.

[CyrilSebastian]

The Song of Songs, meaning the greatest of songs, contains in exquisite poetic form the sublime   
portrayal and praise of the mutual love of the Lord and his people.