"Canon" is a fighting word nowadays, a label that is applied by special pleaders in secular circles to designate the books that deserve our reverence and to distinguish them from the books that ...

Throughout history, some ancient texts came close to being included in the Bible but were ultimately left out. This video ...

The canon of Scripture refers to the authoritative list of books that comprise the Bible (canon is Greek for rule or standard). Protestants have historically believed that the 66 books ...

Which Bible, whose canon? by Philip Jenkins in the September 6, 2011 issue. Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Email to a friend Print. Portions of the Book of Enoch in Greek, from a manuscript ...

It ain’t the parts… “It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I don’t understand that bother me; it is the parts that I do understand.” So quipped Mark Twain in his oft-repeated wisecrack.

biblical canon. Books. Can H. L. Hix improve on Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John? An odd, charming gospel account that draws from dozens of sources. by Jeffrey L. Johnson. March 25, 2021. Books. The Many ...

Scripture Alone Cannot Establish the Biblical Canon The New Testament canon is based on Catholic authority, not on the text of the Bible itself. (photo: Credit: ‘Trounce’, via Wikimedia Commons) ...

The process of the development of the canon; that is, the bible itself as the normative document in the way that we now have it, is really a product of the second and third century use of the ...