PPT-Chapter 10 Formation of the New Testament canon

Questions to be addressed in this chapter What is the New Testament canon What drove Christians to establish a new canon How was the New Testament canon formed Why were certain books considered but then rejected from the canon. Formation of the New Testament canon. Questions to be addressed in this chapter. What is the New Testament canon?. What drove Christians to establish a new canon?. How was the New Testament canon formed?. Michael Goheen. Vancouver, B.C.. Canada. Starting with two texts. John 5.31-47: “These very Scriptures testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”. John 10.22-42: “My sheep hear my voice.” v.27. Acknowledgements. Acknowledgements. The Canon of Scripture?. From a Greek word, meaning “rule” or “measuring stick”. Canonization:. a real-world process. So our faith can be strengthened. So we can better understand how we got the Bible we have today. R.A. Baker Ph.D., Ecclesiastical History www.churchhistory101.com 9/10,17/2011. The Bible. Reliability, Inspiration and Inerrancy. Required Reading 30%. Reasons for Belief, John Oakes, IPI Books, . Ch. 6,9. How We Got the Bible, Neil Lightfoot, Baker Books. Extra credit for related books accepted. Foundations for Life. Who Decided?. What is Inspired?. Are any books missing?. Is our Old Testament the same as Jesus’?. Is our New Testament the same as the Church Father’s?. Canon. Defined – the list of books officially recognized as Holy Scripture.. A.D. 140?. Why is John in the canon and not the Gospel of Thomas?. Why . Not The APOCRYPHA. ? . Luke 11:50-51, 24:44. Gen. 4 – 2 Chron. 24:20-21. The “Canon” of the New Testament . Which Books Make Up the New Testament and Why?. of the New Testament. and . The Da Vinci Code. Robert C. Newman. DV Code on the Bible. ". The Bible is a product of . man. … not God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it as a historical record of tumultuous times, and it has evolved through countless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of the book." (231). 2. New Testament Canon. Ratio Christi at Texas A&M. Zachary Lawson. Importance. Canon is central and definitional to Christianity, indeed any position. Best historical information concerning Jesus of Nazareth. Rev. Christopher J. Respass. Fall 2012—OT1. General Information. . A. The Bible is divided into two . halves—Old Testament . and New Testament.. . B. The . Old Testament. is comprised of . 39 books. Michael Goheen. Vancouver, B.C.. Canada. Starting with two texts. John 5.31-47: “These very Scriptures testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”. John 10.22-42: “My sheep hear my voice.” v.27. The term “canon” has its origin in a family of Semitic words that referred to a reed or a rod. . In ancient times a straight rod might be marked for the purpose of measuring. . The word came to refer to a series of marks used for measurement. . UNDERSTANDING . THE SCRIPTURES. ANTICIPATORY SET .  . If there was no New Testament,.  . What familiar Old Testament stories would become tragedies?. What Old Testament promises would be unfulfilled?. . for teaching, . . for rebuking, . . for correcting, . . for training in righteousness, . so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. No prophecy of Scripture…ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit. .