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40-45 CE Letters of Paul
325 CE - Council of Nicea- Organised by Roman Emperor Constantine. Emperor was from a Pagan background and favoured Trinitarian view of Christianity.
1000 CE - Western and Eastern Church broke off- ‘The Great Schism' Western Church: Catholic churches
Eastern Church: Eastern Orthodox church
1600 CE - Protestants broke off- led by Martin Luther and John Calvin.
1611 CE - King James Version of the Bible was made- most widely used today.
1952 CE - Major revision of the King James Bible was made because of its great errors.
The Oldest New Testament available dates back to three hundred years after Jesus!
"The Bible, as we know it, was written too late to fully capture the true message of Jesus (peace be upon him). He lived and taught over 2,000 years ago, yet the earliest Gospel, Mark, wasn't written until decades later—around 30-40 years after his time. The others came even later, and none were penned by Jesus himself or his immediate followers. The Qur'an says, ‘And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O Children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you"' (Surah As-Saff, 61:6)—his words were direct, but the Bible's delay allowed distortions to creep in.
In Islam, Allah preserved His final message: ‘Indeed, it is a noble Qur'an, in a Register well-protected' (Surah Al-Waqi'ah, 56:77-78). The Qur'an came during the Prophet Muhammad's (peace be upon him) lifetime, recorded as it was revealed. The Bible's late writing—by unknown authors, edited over centuries—can't claim that purity. Jesus was a prophet, not God, and the Qur'an corrects what time and men altered in his story."
Ah yes, the old "the Bible is too late, so it can't be trusted" line — let's unpack that, shall we?
Paul's letters were written 20-30 years after Jesus' death. Eyewitnesses were still around — meaning anyone making stuff up would have been politely corrected. The Gospel of Mark, the earliest, appears within one generation of His ministry. Not bad for "too late," considering that's closer to the events than many historical accounts we happily accept.
Yes, Constantine called a council in 325 CE — and no, he didn't just whip up the Bible like a menu at a restaurant. The canon was already recognised by churches. Councils and schisms merely affirmed what believers were already reading, not "rewrote" it.
Muslims claim the earliest New Testament is 300 years after Jesus — conveniently ignoring fragments from the 2nd century, well within living memory. So yes, we don't need a time machine to verify Jesus existed or what He said.
Jesus' teachings were memorised, circulated, and cross-checked by disciples long before being written. Multiple independent sources converge on His miracles, death, resurrection, and divine claims. So much for the idea that time alone "corrupted" His message.
The Bible wasn't "too late." It was written within living memory, preserved carefully, and tested by the earliest believers.
Sure, the Qur'an was recorded during Muhammad's lifetime, but eyewitnesses and manuscripts give Christianity a historical reliability that isn't even hinted at in the Dawah version.