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The Text and the Canon of the Scriptures
God has transmitted his message through the revealed word that was written and copied faithfully
The Canon of the Scriptures
Its authority comes from its divine origin
OT Canon History
Traditionally it has been divided into three sections: Law, Prophets and Writings
Manuscripts such as the Vatican, Sinaitic and LXX added the apocryphal books
The Qumran texts are of great importance because all OT books are found
Except for the book of Esther, also recognice the triple division
There were some rabbinical discussions (Jamnia council)
But they ended up recognizing what was already accepted
This must be understood in the context of the Christian-Jewish conflict
There are extrabiblical sources that recognize it
NT Canon History
Jesus and Paul linked their authority with the OT
Mt 5:33, 34; 2 Tim 3:16
Evidence from the early church fathers shows that there was already a collection in II
e. g.
Evangelion Valetino
During the IV and V centuries there were several synods
Those just recognize what was already stablished by God
Protestant and Chatolic Canon
Protestant OT has 39 books
Also the Orthodox Church added 7 "apocrypha books"
Those books were added in the LXX and the Vulgate
Those were added in 1546, appealing to tradition
Catholic OT has 46 books
Church parents did not accept those book
Some NT writers cited them but not as canonical
The LXX included those book in the IV and V centurie A. C. (late)
Concepts and Definitions
Set of books that were "measured" and considered worthy
The term was known by Greeks, and was introduced in the IV A. C.
The canonical books were inspired, but not all the inspired books are in the canon
That concept is found in Bile (Ex 24:7; 2 R 23:2 and 2 C 34:32; Neh 8:9)
Canon and tradition
It is not "evil", but
Protestants say the Bible must impose teaching
Sola Scriptura
Catholics argue that the church should impose teaching
Tradition, Bible and Magisterium
Criteria and Processes
The church recognized its authority
Canon Inside the Canon
It propones that there are boor that are more significative than others
It attacks the authority of the Bible
It has a very relative methodology
Biblically there are no levels of inspiration
Textual Criticism
God also took care of the transmission of the inspired scriptures
It studies the different manuscripts and compares them
It helps to establish the most reliable form of the Text
It has shown that the majority of "errors" are insignificant
Canonical Criticism
It focuses on the final form of the text
It has several methodologies
It sets aside inspiration
It studies the understanding of the canon by different religious groups
Factors
Authorship
Apostolicity (NT)
Antiquity
Orthodoxy
Inpiration
Prophetic origin
Conclusion
Authority comes from the inspiration
There was a faithful process of transmission
At the end of V B. C. the canon was closed
The study of Bible has to be the most serious as possible
