Ethiopian Bible ((link)) ★

Unlike any other Christian canon, the Ethiopian Bible contains . The Protestant Bible has 66; the Catholic has 73. But Ethiopia kept what others lost: the Book of Enoch, the Book of Jubilees, the Ascension of Isaiah, and the Me’raj (the apocalypse of Peter). These were texts that other councils had deemed too strange, too dangerous, too wild .

Selam thought for a moment. "Because you were never conquered by Rome," she said. "When Constantine and the later councils purged the scriptures, the Axumite Kingdom was a free power. You didn't attend Nicea or Carthage. So you kept what others burned." ethiopian bible

And the strangest of them all was the Book of Enoch. Unlike any other Christian canon, the Ethiopian Bible

Father Gebre smiled. "Partly true. But the real reason is this: The ark is here." These were texts that other councils had deemed