While I realize that this might been a challenging article, I continue it because it is my hope and prayer that the people who read my Bulletin might be as well-informed as possible. I also truly believe that my readers … Continue reading
Category Archives: A Look at the New Testament
In discussing the formation of the New Testament (NT), one has to search the writings of the Fathers of the Church. Tradition, which is conveyed by the writings of the Fathers, gives us the context in which the NT was … Continue reading
realize that this article becomes, at times, very technical. What I am trying to present is the idea that the books we now see as a part of the New Testament (NT) were only gradually chosen from a number of … Continue reading
The epistle of James was known by Origen’s time, but we do not know when it began to receive canonical status. It is not in the Muratorian list, and Eusebius places it among the disputed books. The Lat Claromontanus list … Continue reading
I have, in this article, been exploring information about the Canon – that is the official collection – of the writings of the New Testament (NT). It is one of our beliefs that God’s Holy Spirit has guided the development … Continue reading
I have been sharing information about the “CANON” of the New Testament. In modern times, when the problem of authorship has been divorced from that of canonicity, the sharp distinction evident between the style of Hebrews and that of the … Continue reading
I presented in the last issue that there were several writings in the early Church that were labeled Apocalypse. The other apocalypse, that of John, attained canonical status only with some difficulty. At first it seems to have been accepted; … Continue reading
In this article I have currently been presenting information about the Canon – collection of books – that are included in the New Testament (NT). In the last issue I started sharing information about ACTS, a history of the works … Continue reading
A fascinating instance of how this exclusive position was attained by the four Gospels that are a part of the Canon of the New Testament (NT), is presented in the story of Serapion, bishop of Antioch (ca 190 CE). Serapion … Continue reading
In the last issue I shared information about how the present four gospels that make up the New Testament (NT) was finally chosen. These four gospels ac-quired importance because of the names attached to them: John was an important figure … Continue reading