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Canon of the Bible
The expression "Bible canon" came to denote the collection, or list, of books accepted as genuine inspired Scripture. The term "canon" is derived from the Hebrew word qa·nehʹ (reed).[1] Reeds were used as a rule or measuring device.
At least forty years separates the death of Jesus from the writing of the first gospel. Paul's Epistles predates the Gospels.
The first 5 books of the Torah were all believed to have written by Moses around about 1,300 B.C.
Many other books were in the Old Testament but we're not accepted into the modern text.[2]
Marcion of Sinope was the first Christian leader in recorded history (though later considered heretical) to propose and delineate a uniquely Christian canon (c. AD 140). This included 10 epistles from St. Paul, as well as a version of the Gospel of Luke, which today is known as the Gospel of Marcion.
The Muratorian Canon, which is believed to date to 200 A.D., is the earliest compilation of canonical texts resembling the New Testament. It was not until the 5th century that all the different Christian churches came to a basic agreement on Biblical canon.
First Council of Nicaea in 325 is reported to be the first ecumenical council of the church ordered by the emperor Constantine I, an unbaptized catechumen, who presided over the opening session and took part in the discussions.
In his Easter letter of 367, Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, gave a list of exactly the same books that would formally become the New Testament canon, and he used the word “canonized” (κανονιζομενα) in regard to them.
- ↑ 0707 אָרַג ‘arag [aw-rag’] a primitive root; v; [BDB-70b] [{See TWOT on 157 }] AV-weave 4, weaver 6, woven 3; 13
- 1) to weave
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1a1) to weave (cloth)
- 1a2) to braid (Samson’s hair)
- 1a3) weaver (subst.)
- 1a4) intrigue (fig.)
- 1a) (Qal)
- 1) to weave
- ↑ 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, The Book of Tobit, The Book of Susanna, Additions to Esther, The Book of Judith, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, The Epistle of Jeremiah, The Prayer of Azariah, Bel and the Dragon, Prayer of Manasses, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, Book of Enoch, Book of Jubilee