How many times has the bible been written and why?

How many times has the bible been written and why?

The bible that we commonly use today is called the Canon, its a compilation of a bunch of different manuscripts. Final version of the canon was made at the Council of Trent of 1546 for Roman Catholicism, the Thirty-Nine Articles of 1563 for the Church of England, the Westminster Confession of Faith of 1647 for Calvinism, and the Synod of Jerusalem of 1672 for the Eastern Orthodox. The reason this occurred was because there were many different version floating around, you have to remember that before the printing press (1440 A.D.) all books and text was hand written, so there was plenty of room for error. The Canonisation of the bible allowed for a consistent text derived from the earliest manuscripts and checked for consistency with the other version available. A really comforting thing about the Canon is the Dead sea scrolls were discovered in the 1950’s and cross referenced to the Canon they are remarkably accurate, which is a testament of Gods hand in the creation of the bible we use today, no its not perfect but it is reliable and with the use of a concordance and some research we can gain a better understanding of who God is and what he has done for us in his son. The below summary give you a quick overview of the different manuscripts and versions over the years. I hope this answers your question, feel free to ask an others, it was a lot of fun researching this topic