Theophilos
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Circular logic:Other than the lack of several worthless books, which teach NOTHING of value, what do we LOSE by eliminating them??
Portions of the scriptures of Timothy and the Bereans were deleted from the Bible because they unambiguously contradict traditions that have developed since the Reformation about prayers for the dead and intercession of saints.
Prayers of the dead and intercession of saints are not biblical because they are not explicitly found in the abridged version of scriptures adopted since the Reformation.
The reality is that the verses often used as proof text for Sola Scriptura confirm that the Old Testament that Greek-speaking Timothy studied as a child is scripture, and that scripture unambiguously supports Orthodox and Catholic beliefs about the value of prayers for the dead and the intercession of saints:
. . . from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2 Tim 3:15-17 NKJV