Apocrypha - Lost from Lutheran Bibles

What happened to the Apocrypha? How was it ever lost from our Bibles in the first place?
Learn more about the Apocrypha at www.cph.org/p-19305-the-apocry...

[@iamjason90]

I grew up Southern Baptist, but I have loved the Apocrypha since I first began reading them, about four or five years ago.

[@PrecariousPorcupine]

That’s why I’m buying a Bible with the apocrypha. It seems very un-Lutheran to not have it. And I don’t like my catholic Bible (NAB) because the apocrypha is mixed in with the Old Testament. So I’m getting this beautiful NRSV bible that has the apocrypha in the middle

[@someoneveryclever]

Today, how can Lutherans be encouraged to purchase Bibles with the Apocrypha in them and boycott those that omit them? This would be helpful.

[@someoneveryclever]

@VDMA LCMS It doesn't help that it is published separately. It should be included as part of the Bible.

[@PrecariousPorcupine]

There are plenty of bibles that include the apocrypha. But the ones I’ve found on Amazon are quite expensive, except this beautiful NRSV Bible

[@mlmueller]

Why would you include something that is non-canonical in the Holy Bible. There are plenty of other writings that would then also be acceptable: Jasher for instance? We Lutherans treasure the inspired, inerrant, preserved Holy Bible, not uninspired additions.

[@P-el4zd]

Read Chemnitz, Gearhart. The liturgy uses apocryphal text the Lutheran church fathers, the Book of Concord, etc. Every single Lutheran Bible had the apocrypha until American Lutheranism transitioned to English and at that time the only English Bibles available were the KJV without the Apocrypha (original KJV has the Apocrypha, the Calvinist removed them). So, if Lutherans are being true to their church heritage and tradition, they would have the Apocrypha in their bibles. The Apocrypha is also referenced in the New Testament. Reading the Apocrypha regularly in your devotional life will only enrich the Bible. Another interesting fact, technically Lutherans don’t have a settled canon, but in practice they do.