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The Church has been very selective about what it includes and doesn't include in the canon as a matter of power. The Dead Sea Scrolls were omitted because it didn't support the idea of mediating your relationship with God through the church. It is a common practice throughout the years. The account of Jesus reemerging from the cave and the fireworks that followed was added the the Bible hundreds of years after the fact. So much for being against heresay, I imagine that the author of that part wasn't a firsthand witness.
Yadda, yadda, yadda... without rambling too much further and giving other example, I'd just like to say that this shouldn't be a surprise. In matters of power, the establishment will protect its cause.
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Innominate.
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