This is a hypothetical I thought of for a debate tournament that upon reflection I will be unable to use. Might be interesting for the community so at least it's not totally wasted ( Read more... )

Does anyone know why the Orthodox Church considers 3 Maccabees canonical yet relegates 4 Maccabees to the appendix of their Bibles? Both texts are part of the Septuagint (LXX). I don't have access to the Orthodox Study Bible, but it would be great if someone could summarize what it says on this issue, if anything. There is no ancient Latin version ( Read more... )