In 367, Alexandria’s bishop Athanasius sent churches in Egypt a list of books for public reading. The Book of Enoch was not on it. Yet Jude, a letter preserved in the New Testament, calls words attributed to Enoch a prophecy. The wording closely follows 1 Enoch 1:9.Always good to keep in mind. What to do with the fact is up to you. I blog, you decide.[...]
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