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Development of the New Testament canon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Biblical canon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This is a summary of the consensus of scholars on the formation of the New Testament, drawn from Bruce Metzger's far more detailed survey of the subject, The Canon of the New Testament: Its Origin, Development, and Significance (Clarendon, 1987). All numbers in parentheses followed by "M" are pages in this text.
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A chronology is now appropriate in order to present a sequence of events both biblical and extra-biblical which affect the canon of the Bible, both Old Testament and New Testament. It is said that no two scripture scholars will agree on one ... Developed a New Testament Canon (without 3 John, James or 2 Peter)
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the Canon of Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 350); the Cheltenham Canon (ca. 360); the Canon approved by the Synod of Laodicea (ca. 363?). The first to list the same 27 books as are now found in the New Testament is part of the 39th Festal Letter of Athanasius, published on Easter Sunday, 367.
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The Development of the New Testament Canon-The Rest of the Story: Polycarp of Smyrna ; (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7) (Part 8) (This is Part 9) ... -- Text in brown: Epistle to the Phillipians by Polycarp; -- Text in Italics: Verses from the New Testament; -- Bible Translations:
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In this stage of the historical development of the Canon of the New Testament we encounter for the first time a consciousness reflected in certain ecclesiastical writers, of the differences between the sacredcollections in divers sections of Christendom.
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