Category talk:Non-Canon Works referenced in the Bible

Books of Enoch
What about the books of Enoch? The books' title isn't mentioned by name in the Bible, however the author and a quote are located in the Epistle of Jude. Does this qualify it for having an article or no? (also, there is mentioned an epistle to the Laodiceans, whoever replies may want to talk about that having an article, too) A Child of God (talk) 15:00, October 11, 2016 (UTC)

RE: Superdadsuper
Based on the guidelines I gave on the category talk, the "Book of Enoch" would not qualify. As always I do have a reason here and this isn't just a vague "no". A prophecy from Enoch is quoted in the Epistle of Jude, but it is mentioned as explicity being its own literary work. There is a "Book of Enoch", but the current one is apocryphal (likely pseudigraphical with false authorship). There may have been a Book of Enoch that was written by Enoch himself, either orally passed or written down by Enoch himself. The only thing we have in the Bible itself that was said by Enoch was a one-line prophecy. Its likely that sooner or later someone wrote down that prophecy for record keeping. Whether or not it was part of a larger book of prophecies of Enoch, is not something we ever know. Even if Enoch did write a book of his prophecies, it couldn't be considered a part of the Bible. There are other examples in the Bible, even of solo prophecies where the source of it is unknown. It is evident when third party sources are used, but unless the text explicity states that it used one- we can't always assume.

As of Epistle to Laodicea, I am not opposed to there being on article on that. The Epistle is covered in the Laodicea article. Really there isn't much else that could be written about than what's explained the Laodicea article. Most of these non canon works referenced in the Bible have to follow the same format, there isn't much diversification in their content. I don't think there should  be another article, but there can be an article for the epistle.

In, Christ,

Superdadsuper, Bible Wiki Administrator & Bureaucrat