Theology, Ministry & Preaching
The Canon of Scripture
The Canon of Scripture is a course in Bibliology & Hermeneutics: Handling the Word of God. 10 lessons covering What Is the Canon? How the Books Were Selected; The Old Testament Canon — History and Formation; The Apocrypha — Should It Be in Your Bible?.
10 published lessons · Online learning · Part of Learn & Grow
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What this course covers
- What Is the Canon? How the Books Were Selected · 13 min
- The Old Testament Canon — History and Formation · 13 min
- The Apocrypha — Should It Be in Your Bible? · 13 min
- The New Testament Canon — How the Early Church Decided · 13 min
- Criteria for Canonicity — Apostolicity, Orthodoxy, Catholicity · 12 min
- The Councils That Recognised (Not Created) the Canon · 12 min
- Gnostic Gospels and Lost Books — What the Pastor Must Know · 13 min
- The Closed Canon — Why No New Scripture Is Coming · 13 min
- Canon and Tradition — The Protestant and Catholic Divide · 13 min
- Teaching the Canon in Your Local Church · 16 min
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