To tedepsilon

Submitted by Servant of Christ (United States), Nov 21, 2006 at 21:47

Catholic belief in dragons? Really? Your apologetics are marred somewhat, servant of Christ, by this type of sectarian caricature - yet you take the muslims to task for their errors?

Expand on this matter please. The Catholics believe in additions to the Hebrew Bible which is known as the Apocrypha. What I was referring to were the additions to the book of Daniel that Catholics generally accept. I was referring to the additions known as "Bel and the Dragon".

From wikipedia:

"The tale of Bel and the Dragon is from chapter 14 of the Book of Daniel. This chapter, along with chapter 13, is referred to as deuterocanonical, in that it is not universally accepted among Christians as belonging to the Bible. The story is typically not included in Protestant Bibles.

It is believed by some scholars to have been written in the late 2nd century BC and accounted apocryphal by Protestants."

Believed to be written as late as 2nd century BC is far too late for the actual Daniel to have written it.

May God Bless You All

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