The Greek translation of the Old Testament, now commonly and rather carelessly labeled the Septuagint, is one of the most misrepresented and mythologized documents in biblical studies. The very name “Septuagint” is a historical confusion masquerading as a canonized fact. According to the lore of the Letter of Aristeas, seventy-two translators produced a Greek PentateuchContinue reading “The Septuagint (LXX): A Scurrilous Imposter Set Against the Hebrew Old Testament”
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THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE WORD
2 Peter 3:13 “We according to his promise look for a new heaven and earth wherein dwelleth righteousness.” καινοὺς δὲ οὐρανοὺς καὶ γῆν καινὴν κατὰ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα αὐτοῦ προσδοκῶμεν ἐν οἷς δικαιοσύνη κατοικεῖ δικαιοσύνη, dikaiosuné — “integrity, virtue, purity of life, uprightness, correctness in thinking, feeling, and acting:” Here, dwelleth in that coming world asContinue reading “THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF THE WORD”
THE PURITY OF THE WORD
Scripture describes itself as pure. The adjective pure is defined as “not mixed with, or not having in or upon it, anything that defiles, corrupts, or impairs.”[1] To describing Scripture as pure is to speak of Scripture’s divine integrity and authority as God-breathed, Holy Spirit originating, infallible words written by chosen penmen. Scripture attests toContinue reading “THE PURITY OF THE WORD”
Seven Characteristics of 2nd Century Church Fathers Regarding the Canon of Scripture – Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, and Irenaeus
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 160-162. [Note: The canon is one book. The New Testament is the succession of the Old Testament “of the same origin and equal authority.” The canonicalContinue reading “Seven Characteristics of 2nd Century Church Fathers Regarding the Canon of Scripture – Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, and Irenaeus”
Inspiration, Preservation, Self-Attestation, and the Church: The Historic Grounds for Scripture’s Canonicity
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 96-100. [Note: Inspired Scripture evidences the marks of its Divinity. That Scripture came from God is through the Word and Spirit made historically conspicuous to theContinue reading “Inspiration, Preservation, Self-Attestation, and the Church: The Historic Grounds for Scripture’s Canonicity”
THE NOTION OF A CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TRACED TO THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 18-23. [Note: The essential truth of canonical collation was the recognition and reception by the Church as the Word of God. The canon of Scripture wasContinue reading “THE NOTION OF A CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT TRACED TO THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLES”
The Transformative Moment for the Modern Church
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), iii-vii. [Note: This translator’s preface lays out in simple terms the pre-critical, historic, orthodox methodology for academic Bible research by succinctly describing the quintessential sequence forContinue reading “The Transformative Moment for the Modern Church”
The Forgotten Promise of Providential Preservation
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 460-463. {Note: Gaussen’s work concludes with the following short testimony of his findings attributing the canonicity of Scripture to inspiration and providential or miraculous preservation. ThisContinue reading “The Forgotten Promise of Providential Preservation”
GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ON THE TOPIC OF CANONICITY
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 449-451. Whoever ranks himself as a disciple of Christ must receive his testimony on the canon, as on every other subject. But we go farther thanContinue reading “GENERAL CONCLUSIONS ON THE TOPIC OF CANONICITY”
DEFINITION OF CANON: WHAT IS INSPIRED
L. Gaussen, The Canon of the Holy Scriptures Examined in the Light of History, translated from the French and abridged by Edward N. Kirk (Boston: American Tract Society, 1862), 17-18. The term Canon, as employed in this sense, is traced back to a remote antiquity. In Hebrew, Greek, and Latin, the words קָנֶה (qaneh), kannh,Continue reading “DEFINITION OF CANON: WHAT IS INSPIRED”
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