Where did the Bible come from?

At the last place I worked a friend of mine who is a sincere Protestant Christian spoke with me charitably about certain theological aspects of belief in Jesus Christ and He used what he considered the ultimate authority which was the Bible for everything. Then I wondered in my mind, ' He seems to be an educated friend I wonder how he will respond to this question?' Where did the Bible come from? After I asked this question being an honest man he admitted that he did not know. I understand being ignorant of a great many things that I place my faith in. It is probably a vice of our modern society in America today since I am sure that a great many or majority of us do not even understand exactly how our government works, yet we seem to trust it. (Maybe in terms of government we trust an established body governed by interested men too well.) But concerning something that I know to be completely benevolent and in accord with the direction of my salvation ,which is a greater concern and should be more highly valued, I wonder why I at least should not have a background in understanding where I received the information that I have acquired that tells me how to live and why I live.

I am not here to bash any other religion, but I find it very unreasonable to acquire a map of where I am supposed to go without any validation as to its authority and where it came from. If I did this at sea and found the map was fictitious I would find myself stranded on the waters of my negligent intuition.

I do not imply that the Bible is not 100% true, but where it came from does factor in things like the historical significance or how the human authors guided by the Holy Spirit meant their writings to be interpreted, and why some books were included when at the same time period others were not. These are serious implications that alter perception of the writings. Wouldn't it be important to strive to perceive what the author's intended? What perception the Lord of all the writings intended? Who were the custodians who protected the canon? And if so why are not the custodians protected by the Holy Spirit like before?

The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.

  I have always enjoyed this video about the bible and the history of it and if anyone may be curious about more I strongly suggest trying Catholicscomehome.org which I am sure would have more as well.

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