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Therefore, “the canon of Scripture is the list of all the books that belong in the Bible.”8. The Old Testament as Canon. A detailed discussion concerning the concept, development, methodology, historicity, and New Testament attestation of the Old Testament canon is beyond the scope this article. This section is simply intended to assert ...
The Doctrine of the Canon of Scripture is, therefore, a key part of the orthodox doctrine of Scripture. The applications of this are many. Let me mention several of them here. First, the Doctrine of the Canon is foundational for orthodox theology. There is no more foundational doctrine than that of the Scriptures.
Sep 29, 2009 · 6 The Canon of the Bible Clementine homilies;3 the “ecclesiastical canon,”4 and “the canon of the truth,” in Clement and Irenæus;5 the “canon” of the faith in Polycrates,6 the regula fidei of Tertullian,7 and the libri regulares of Origen,8 imply a normative principle. But we cannot assent to Credner's view of the Greek word for canon
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F.F. Bruce. Our word ‘canon’ goes back through Latin to the Greek word kanon. primarily meaning a ‘reed’ or ‘rod’. The Greek word acquired two secondary meanings: (1) a ‘measuring-rod’ or ‘standard’. and (2) a ‘list’ or ‘index’. Origen, early in the third century A.D., applied the former of these two secondary ...
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as it did when God said or did it.” So now, the question is whether or not the Bible as it exists today is in fact a goo. account of what God has said and done. The answer to this question will be broken into two sections: the canonization of the Old Testament, an. ment.Canonization of the Old TestamentCanonization is the process by which the ...
The Canon of Scripture Malcolm H. Watts Lecture presented to the 1994 School of Theology O UR subject is the canon of Scripture. The term canon is derived from a Greek word, kanon. Originally meaning ‘a reed’ or ‘staff’, it came to mean a measuring rod, and later was used metaphorically of any rule, or standard, by which
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In NT Greek kanw/n kanon (“limit, area, rule, principle”) is used in 2 Cor 10:13-16 (three times) as limit, or geographical area of ministry, and in Gal 6:16 as a rule or principle of conduct. Later, “canon” meant authority (as R. C. “canon law”). The term eventually developed into “which books” are a part of the Bible.
