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Originally Posted by furball
So why is the Old Testament even included in the Bible?
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The biblical canon which makes up what we know as the bible has evolved over time and is a list of books that are considered to be spiritual to the christian community. The early church used the old testament pretty much exclusively, whilst the new testament has developed over time. The 4 gospel books of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John were generally recognised as canon by 150~ AD whist the 27 books of the new testament that we have today were universaly accepted by 500 AD.
The old testament is made up of the hebrew bible and Deuterocanonical books(Protestants don't consider the Deuterocanonical books to be canon so they aren't included in the king james addition f.ex) and were considered biblical cannon so are included in the all copies of the bible to some degree.
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Originally Posted by horn
ok and who decided that?
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Their are different interpretations on what elements of the Mosaic law of the old testament are to be followed. The Catholic view is that their is a threefold division of the law, moral, ceremonial and judicial and that their intention was twofold in that it was for the worship of god and the coming of christ. As such the ceremonial and judicial elements were considered completed and annuled with the coming of christ, whilst the moral aspects (ten commandments etc) were continued for the worship of god.