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Canon Formation and Scriptural Authority Series: An Introduction
The concept of the biblical canon and the authority of Scripture stands at the heart of Reformed theology, as it forms the foundation for our understanding of divine revelation. How did the church come to recognize certain books as authoritative and inspired?…
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Presuppositional Analysis: A Disputation on Holy Scripture
A Disputation on Holy Scripture: A First-Principles Analysis The Question Beneath the Book’s Question William Whitaker’s A Disputation on Holy Scripture rests on prior commitments concerning authority, knowledge, textual identity, history, providence, and human judgment. Whitaker’s Reformation polemic replies to Roman claims…
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Book Review: A Disputation on Holy Scripture
A Disputation on Holy Scripture Bibliographical Notice William Whitaker, A Disputation on Holy Scripture (trans. William Fitzgerald; Titus Books digital edition, 2013). The Book’s Task and the Opening Verdict William Whitaker’s A Disputation on Holy Scripture must be judged according to its…
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The Canons Have No Umpire: Dabney Vindicated and Refined
Dabney’s 1881 criticism of the Revised Version sharpens the ecclesial issue, but his case must be retained without treating him as infallible or freezing nineteenth-century evidence.
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The Autograph Nobody Has
The absence of the physical autographs does not prove that the church lacks the authentic text; it raises the question whether the final rule is an extant Word or a probability about a lost document.
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R. L. Dabney’s 1871 Indictment of the Critical Canons
Dabney argued that nineteenth-century critics did not merely disagree over facts; they worked with rival codes whose rules could reverse one another and lacked a common umpire.
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Inspiration, Canonicity, Authority, and Preservation
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 he keeps before his Church.
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Preservation, Canonization, and Recognition: Three Questions That Must Not Be Confused
Which books are Scripture, what words constitute those books, and how the church recognizes both are related but distinct questions. God creates the canon and text; the church receives them through ministerial means.
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Scripture Cannot Say Yea and Nay
The truthfulness and unity of Scripture are not an excuse to deny variant copies; they are a theological constraint on how the church identifies the canonical text.
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Presuppositional Analysis: The Canon of the Holy Scriptures
The Canon of the Holy Scriptures: A First-Principles Analysis The Question Beneath the Book’s Question Louis Gaussen’s The Canon of the Holy Scriptures rests on prior commitments concerning authority, knowledge, textual identity, history, providence, and human judgment. Gaussen joins a historical defence…
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Book Review: The Canon of the Holy Scriptures
The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Bibliographical Notice Louis Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures from the Double Point of View of Science and of Faith, 3rd ed. (London: James Nisbet, 1863). The Book’s Task and the Opening Verdict Louis Gaussen’s…
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What Is a Textual Canon? From Maxim to Verdict
A textual canon is a bridge from an observed feature to a judgment of priority. This article classifies the main canons and shows why the hidden premises in that bridge matter more than the slogan.
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