Tonight 6/20 at 7:30 we will hold the fifth lecture of series three on “A Theological Grounding for a Standard Sacred Text — Canonicity: Historical Overview and the Failure of External Criteria “
The Muratorian Canon (175-225 AD) was the earliest official list produced by the Church. It was not sanctioning a canon but recognizing a list of authoritative, self-attesting, self-authenticating, self-interpreting texts received by believers. This early list omits Hebrews, 2 Peter and James, also 1 Peter but this is considered an unintentional omission. The word “canon” is not yet used but the list is “reckoned,” “received,” and “read” in the churches. These words speak of a closed collection of books – that there would be no more added to the books that were “recognized.” The criteria were: 1. Apostolicity; 2. Inspiration; 3. Historical authenticity; 4. Rejection of anything that could not belong to the Apostolic period; 5. Wide church acceptance of the text – accepted by all believers.
Don’t miss the study of the history of the Canon tonight at 7:30.
Published by Dr. Peter Van Kleeck, Sr.
Dr. Peter William Van Kleeck, Sr. : B.A., Grand Rapids Baptist College, 1986; M.A.R., Westminster Theological Seminary, 1990; Th.M., Calvin Theological Seminary, 1998; D. Min, Bob Jones University, 2013. Dr. Van Kleeck was formerly the Director of the Institute for Biblical Textual Studies, Grand Rapids, MI, (1990-1994) lecturing, researching and writing in the defense of the Masoretic Hebrew text, Greek Received Text and King James Bible. His published works include, "Fundamentalism’s Folly?: A Bible Version Debate Case Study" (Grand Rapids: Institute for Biblical Textual Studies, 1998); “We have seen the future and we are not in it,” Trinity Review, (Mar. 99); “Andrew Willet (1562-1621: Reformed Interpretation of Scripture,” The Banner of Truth, (Mar. 99); "A Primer for the Public Preaching of the Song of Songs" (Outskirts Press, 2015). Dr. Van Kleeck is the pastor of the Providence Baptist Church in Manassas, VA where he has ministered for the past twenty-one years. He is married to his wife of 43 years, Annette, and has three married sons, one daughter and eighteen grandchildren.
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