So what are the reasons given for the inclusion or exclusion of these additional books in the canon of Scripture, or in any given translation of the Bible ?
From the small amount of reading I've done so far, here are a few of the reasons that have been put forward for not considering these books as God-breathed, divinely inspired words of God, and so not part of the canon of Scripture:
1. The books themselves claim no divine authorship
2. The books contain theological, historical and geographical errors
3. Jesus never quotes from them, nor alludes to them
4. The disciples neither quote nor allude to them
5. They were not part of the Hebrew canon
6. Martin Luther did not accept them as part of the canon
7. Jerome did not accept them as part of the canon
8. . . .
Some reasons given to include them in the canon of Scripture:
1. They have been used by various figures throughout Church history
2. They were officialised as canon of Scripture at the Council of Trent as a response to the Reformation.
3. . . .
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