Those English Church leaders who made a doctrine that the Bible would be limited to a fixed set of books also made a doctrine that church doctrines could not be derived from books outside of their list of Bible books. On which of the 66 books in their Bible did they base those doctrines? Effectively those self-inconsistent doctrines compelled their members, their followers today to ignore the Book of Enoch when it comes to their church doctrines. Yet they cannot point to any scriptures on which to base their doctrines about this. Of course, they probably never expected back in the 1600s that the Book of Enoch would one day be translated into English. It is surely time to say that if you make doctrines like this you ought to admit that by making them you are breaking them. The 66 books never mention limiting scriptures to a fixed set, nor do they suggest making rules about limiting doctrines to a fixed set of scripture books. So the rule makers broke their own rules. Let’s now be grown up and draw a veil over these incongruities and allow doctrines to be based on holy scripture books such as the Book of Enoch alongside other scriptures. Let sanity prevail and hypocrisy fade away.
“Do not let anyone deceive you.”
Which verse in the 66 books says there are only 66 books or that the scriptures should be limited to a fixed number? Which verse says you should only make doctrines for churches from a fixed number of scriptures? If no verse says it, why make it a doctrine? It is hypocritical to not practice what you preach. If you preach a doctrine that only 66 books should be used for doctrine, why do you not practice what you preach and limit your doctrines accordingly. Unless your conviction is not enough to affect your own doctrines. If you are not convinced you yourself should limit your doctrines to 66 books, why preach it to others? That is hypocrisy and lies.
There is an older more comprehensive Bible used by the ancient Ethiopian Orthodox church which has many more books in it. The Ethiopian Jews, called Beta Israel, also use the greater set of scriptures. The Book of Enoch is included. This closely matches the scriptures from Jesus’ day which are known from the Dead Sea Scrolls and from some of the teachings of Jesus which show He regarded the Book of Enoch as scripture. I believe Jesus Himself still imparts this truth through the Holy Spirit and led me to know and teach these things: Not mere teachings of man. Normally I would keep quiet about anything merely my idea, long term after an initial voicing of it perhaps, because I would be so wary of being proven wrong. With this, though, the heavenly source makes me bolder and more outspoken and persistent.
