What is the New Testament canon?
The New Testament canon is the New Testament supposed of as an imperative of faith which acquires godly authority over the church. As canonical writings the twenty-seven books constitute the definitive witness to Jesus Christ as Lord and are regarded by Christians as the infallible rule of Christian faith and life, the inspired deposit of God's revelation (Barker, 2018).
Discuss the process of the canonization of the New Testament
A word derived from the Greek kanon, canon denotes towards the standard or measurement, the standard through which to some degree is evaluated or judged acceptable. In religious practice, a canon remains the authorized account of books, similar individuals several churchmen assembled …show more content…
Despite the tradition of publicly reading from the newer documents in services of worship, it was not clear of who was in attendance, but early evidence that they were equal in authority to the scriptures of the Old Covenant. If the term "Scripture" could be applied to Paul's letters (2 Peter 3:16) or later to the Gospels (II Clement, Justin), not in anticipation of the end of the second century were the expressions "inspired writings," "Scriptures of the Lord," and "the Scriptures" used indiscriminately of both the Old Testament and the essential of the New. At this time the designation "the New Testament" bring about its appearance and ultimately displaced all earlier names for the collection of the new books. Henceforth it was no longer a question of the nature of the canon, but only of its extent (Barker, …show more content…
Church Fathers began making lists of what the canon should include: Ss. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzus, John Chrysostom, Augustine, and others. And most western and eastern scholars agree that the most influential Father in defining the canon was St. Athanasius in 367 AD, who was the first bishop who used his position as head of an extensive and important diocese (Alexandria) to deal with the question of the biblical
The New Testament canon is the New Testament supposed of as an imperative of faith which acquires godly authority over the church. As canonical writings the twenty-seven books constitute the definitive witness to Jesus Christ as Lord and are regarded by Christians as the infallible rule of Christian faith and life, the inspired deposit of God's revelation (Barker, 2018).
Discuss the process of the canonization of the New Testament
A word derived from the Greek kanon, canon denotes towards the standard or measurement, the standard through which to some degree is evaluated or judged acceptable. In religious practice, a canon remains the authorized account of books, similar individuals several churchmen assembled …show more content…
Despite the tradition of publicly reading from the newer documents in services of worship, it was not clear of who was in attendance, but early evidence that they were equal in authority to the scriptures of the Old Covenant. If the term "Scripture" could be applied to Paul's letters (2 Peter 3:16) or later to the Gospels (II Clement, Justin), not in anticipation of the end of the second century were the expressions "inspired writings," "Scriptures of the Lord," and "the Scriptures" used indiscriminately of both the Old Testament and the essential of the New. At this time the designation "the New Testament" bring about its appearance and ultimately displaced all earlier names for the collection of the new books. Henceforth it was no longer a question of the nature of the canon, but only of its extent (Barker, …show more content…
Church Fathers began making lists of what the canon should include: Ss. Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzus, John Chrysostom, Augustine, and others. And most western and eastern scholars agree that the most influential Father in defining the canon was St. Athanasius in 367 AD, who was the first bishop who used his position as head of an extensive and important diocese (Alexandria) to deal with the question of the biblical