University:
Concordia University Wisconsin
Course:
REL 1000 | The Bible
Academic year:

2023
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293

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2
Author:

Alexa Livingston

3 Canons: - Muatori - Eusbius of Caesarea - Athanasius Muratorian Canon: End of 2nd Century - Four gospels - Acts - Letters of Paul in this order: o Corinthians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Galatians, Thessalonians, Romans, Philemon, Titus, 1-2 Timothy - Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter not mentioned - Jude, 2 epistles of John - Wisdom of Solomon - Revelation and Apocalypse of Peter Eusebius 325: 4 Categories 1.Accepted: 4 gospels, Acts, letters of Paul, 1 John and 1 Peter, Revelation “if it seems right” 2. Disputed: James, Jude, 2 Peter, 2-3 John 3. Spurious: Shepherd of Hermas, Apocalypse of Peter, Barnabas, Revelation “if it seems right”, and others 4. Heretical: Gospels of Peter, Thomas, and others Athanasius: - The first to contain each of the 27 books of our New Testament canon (but not in our current order, i.e., the Catholic Epistles follow Acts) - While Athanasius excludes them from his canon list, he says that the Shepherd of Hermas and Didache are extremely valuable and should be read, especially by new converts!

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