canon
Historical and textual studies explaining how the biblical canon was formed and defended against common objections.
IRENAEUS AND MARK’S GOSPEL Paid Members Public
In this short post I will cite 2nd century church father and apologist Irenaeus in regards to Mark’s Gospel. Irenaeus was the bishop of Lyons, France, and a disciple of Polycarp, the bishop of Smyrna and a disciple of the apostles including John. Like Polycarp, Irenaeus died as a
Irenaeus and John, the disciple of the Lord Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Irenaeus and John, the disciple of the Lord. I post this here for the benefit of others and in order to insure that such an important refutation to Evangelical NT scholar Richard Bauckham’s claim that the John who wrote the Gospel was someone other
Edward F. Hills on 1 John 5:7 Paid Members Public
The late Edward F. Hills was a reputable conservative Evangelical Christian textual scholar who wrote a book defending the superiority of the King James Version. The following is an excerpt from that book where Hills makes a case for the authenticity of 1 John 5:7, commonly referred to as
Does Taurat Refer Only to the Revelation Given to Moses? Paid Members Public
Refuting Another Muslim Canard An oft-repeated Islamic objection is that the Taurat which the Quran repeatedly mentions is not identical to the Old Testament Scriptures, but refers to the original revelation given to Moses. There are at least two main problems with this argument. First, the Quran nowhere claims that
2 Maccabees and The Canon of Scripture Paid Members Public
In this post I am going to raise the question of whether Roman Catholics should consider 2 Maccabees as inspired scripture, and therefore a part of the Old Testament canon. I base this on the following section, which mentions Judas Maccabees offering sacrifices and prayers for Jewish soldiers who were
Athanasius’ Biblical Canon Paid Members Public
The following is taken from Athanasius’ 39th festal letter written at 367 AD (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2806039.htm). (For 367.) Of the particular books and their number, which are accepted by the Church. From the thirty-ninth Letter of Holy Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, on the Paschal festival; wherein
The Biblical Canon of the 5th-6th Centuries Paid Members Public
The following excerpt is taken from William Webster’s article The Canon: Why the Roman Catholic Arguments for the Canon are Spurious (https://christiantruth.com/articles/articles-roman-catholicism/canon/). All bold and underline emphasis mine. Jerome’s views are as follows: These instances have been just touched upon by me (the
Christian Apocryphal Writings Paid Members Public
In this post, I am going to mention some of the books that specific early Christian writers deemed to be inspired and/or canonical. I also include Enoch in this list since this is a writing that has been cherished by Christians for the most part, not the Jews. All