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WLA argues that the Ethiopian Orthodox Bible was hidden from view because it keeps books most Western churches left out. The channel gives the Tewahedo canon 81 books across both testaments, including Enoch, Jubilees, Tobit, Judith, and writings tied to Clement. It says the church grew up apart from Roman and Byzantine editors, kept texts it already held holy, and did not trim them to fit one plot. Enoch, in this telling, covers Watchers, the Nephilim, several heavens, and a judgment ahead, pages the channel says Europe dropped for lack of an explanation. The narration also repeats the tradition that the Queen of Sheba and Solomon had a son, Menelik, first emperor of Ethiopia, who carried the Ark to Aksum, where the church says it remains. The video’s ban is a conclusion, not a document on screen. WLA says European church power could accept this wider Bible or suppress it, and chose suppression so authority would stay put. A closing line about scrolls near the Dead Sea is part of that claim.
Key points
- WLA says the Ethiopian Orthodox canon holds 81 books, more than the Bibles familiar in Western churches.
- The channel credits that larger set to a church that picked its scriptures without Roman or Byzantine control.
- Enoch and Jubilees are presented as major additions, with Watchers, the Nephilim, and extra laws.
- The video retells the tradition that Menelik brought the Ark to Aksum after the Queen of Sheba visited Solomon.
- The claimed ban is explained as a bid to keep European church authority, not as a decree shown on screen.
Short quotes
it comprises 81 books spanning both the Old and New Testaments
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That count is what the channel says separates this canon from other Christian churches. Watch at 1:05
Queen Sheba returned to Ethiopia with menelik who later became the Kingdom's first emperor
WLA, WLA on why the Ethiopian Bible was banned
The narration treats Menelik’s birth and return as a story preserved in the Ethiopian Bible. Watch at 8:52
therefore the church had two options one accept the Ethiopian Bible and give up Authority or ban it and continue holding power
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WLA presents the ban as a choice to keep power, not as a minor editorial disagreement. Watch at 11:52
Video by WLA. Watch on YouTube.