canon

Historical and textual studies explaining how the biblical canon was formed and defended against common objections.

MARTIN LUTHER, JAMES & NT CANON Members Public

The following is taken from this post, “Luther’s Treatment of the Disputed Books of the New Testament”. I include it here in its entirety since it exposes Martin Luther’s disdain of James and a few other NT writings simply because he felt they did not agree (and could

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
canonchurch-historybible

IBN KATHIR ON THE QURAN’S CORRUPTION Members Public

In this post I excerpt a portion from the writings of the 14th century Muslim scholar and Quranic commentator Ibn Kathir in relation to the compilation of the Quran. Al-Bukhari said: Musa bin Ismail narrated to us, Ibrahim narrated to us, Ibn Shihab narrated to us, that Anas bin Malik

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
islamquranhadith

THE CORRUPT QURAN’S MISSING VERSES PT. 2 Members Public

This post is a continuation of the following one: THE CORRUPT QURAN’S MISSING VERSES PT. 1. The proceeding snippet is taken from another Shia site: Some Ahadith of Omission | The Quran. Some Ahadith of Omission It is not possible to give detail of all the verses, sentences and phrases

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
quranislamhadith

REFORMERS ON MK. 16:9-20, JN. 7:53-8:11, ACTS 8:37 & 1 JN. 5:7 Members Public

In this post I will be citing from specific reformed sources for the express purpose of showing how these reformed authorities accepted the textual veracity of passages found in the Received Text (Textus Receptus), which is the collated Greek text employed by the King James Version translators in producing their

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
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MURATORIAN CANON Members Public

The Muratorian Canon refers to a fragment that mentions a list of the books that the 2nd century churches deemed to be authoritative and canonical. Since it is dated at approximately at 170 AD it becomes a very important witness to the canon accepted by the church at large. All

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
canonchurch-history

SHEPHERD OF HERMAS: REFUTING THE HERETICS Members Public

In this post I will be citing from the “Shepherd of Hermas”, an early Christian writing that was highly esteemed and quite popular among Christians of the first few centuries. It was such an influential document that there were many Church writers/fathers that even considered it to be canonical.

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
christianitychurch-historyapocrypha

St. Irenaeus of Lyons versus Dr. James White Members Public

The Gnostic System in Dr. White’s Neo-Platonism: An Ignorant Son Who is Third after the Father Who Participates in the One Who is First: Divine Being Rev. Dr. Christiaan Kappes TurretinFan, an uncontestably loyal friend and defender of Dr. James White, has to his credit of friendship provided a

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
church-historycatholicismcalvinism

EXTRA-BIBLICAL SUPPORT FOR THE TRINITY Members Public

In this somewhat brief post, I will be citing from a diverse range of Christian writings, dating from as early the first century. Some of these works include snippets from the Apostolic fathers, e.g. the men who knew the Apostles and/or were commissioned by them, as well as

Sam Shamoun
Sam Shamoun
trinitytheologychurch-history
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