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Category: Canon

  • Swan’s Response to Michuta on the Canon

    James Swan has provided a two part response to a portion of Gary Michuta’s recent book on the canon. If the subject, and particularly it’s relation to Luther, interests you, you should check out his detailed comments: (part 1)(part 2) -Turretinfan To God be the Glory!

  • Metzger vs. Michuta

    UPDATE: I’m not totally satisfied with this post, and I’m thinking of deleting it. Part of the problem is that the link I have provided is to the main page of Michuta’s web site, and not to a particular page on which the article could be found on any permanent basis. I’m thinking about deleting…

  • Luther’s New Testament (in German)

    Martin Luther’s New Testament (complete with the Epistle of James, no matter what you may have heard) can be found here (link). Sadly the scanning quality was not great – several pages are practically illegible, and the font used (while a traditional, noble, German font) is hard to read, especially for moderners, who are used…

  • Those following the debate …

    … may be interested to compare the answer I gave (link) regarding how I know Esther and the Johanine epistles to be Scripture, to this answer that I was unaware of (or at least only subconsciously aware of) at the time I wrote my answer. (link) (in accordance with my long-standing policy, since I’m linking…

  • A Canon is a Reflection of Historical Fact

    Any canon (list) of the works of any author is a reflection of historical fact. If I come along and say that Macbeth was not written by Shakespeare, I am disputing the accepted canon of Shakespeare, and saying that it should be revised so as not to include that particular play. If someone comes along…

  • The Canon Votes at Trent

    One Roman Catholic apologist has made a claim regarding a vote at Trent regarding the Canon of Scripture. A few websites state that the Council of Trent voted 24 aff/ 15 neg/ 16 abstain to adopt the canon of the Old Latin Vulgate version of the Bible. It’s interesting that the dogmatized view did not…

  • The Epistle of James

    Some, following Luther, have questioned whether James is part of Scripture. I take the view that it is part of Scripture, as do virtually all the Reformers after Luther and all the Reformers before Luther. An objector asserted various points against James. 1) That it contradicts Paul’s epistles and can only be reconciled by mental…