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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

  1. What Is the Canon? How the Books Were Selected · 13 min
  2. The Old Testament Canon — History and Formation · 13 min
  3. The Apocrypha — Should It Be in Your Bible? · 13 min
  4. The New Testament Canon — How the Early Church Decided · 13 min
  5. Criteria for Canonicity — Apostolicity, Orthodoxy, Catholicity · 12 min
  6. The Councils That Recognised (Not Created) the Canon · 12 min
  7. Gnostic Gospels and Lost Books — What the Pastor Must Know · 13 min
  8. The Closed Canon — Why No New Scripture Is Coming · 13 min
  9. Canon and Tradition — The Protestant and Catholic Divide · 13 min
  10. Teaching the Canon in Your Local Church · 16 min

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