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Inspiration, canonicity, authority, and preservation belong together, but they do not answer the same question. Keeping their order prevents confusion about the books God gave and the words…
Open record →Canonical authority begins in God’s act, not the Church’s vote. Prophets and apostles delivered writings whose authority already existed; the Church’s task is to hear, guard, confess, and…
Open record →Every appeal to biblical authority assumes that the Church can identify the writings called Scripture. The doctrine of the canon asks which books are God’s Word and how…
Open record →The canon is not merely a list of favored books. It is the complete collection God gave as the Church’s permanent rule: divinely constituted, covenantally delivered, providentially preserved,…
Open record →Defining ‘Inspiration’ and Its Role in Canon Formation Article 8 Series 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction In Christian theology, few concepts are as central or as contested as inspiration .…
Open record →The Essential Attributes of Canonicity—Divine Authority and Infallibility Article 7 Series 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction What sets the canonical books of Scripture apart from all other writings? In Christian…
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