In Search of a Canon

Section A & B Sept 12 Readings ENT: Ch 1 St. John's Bible

History of the New Testament A) Definitions Bible Testament Canon B) The Canonization of the New Testament Historical/theological writings Marcion Montanism Councils of Hippo (367 CE) and Carthage (397 CE) Tatian's Diatesseron C) Standards of Canonicity Primacy of Apostolicity Orthodoxy Tradition Textual Criticism: seeks to determine the authentic words of the original author A) Question of Text: MSS Textus Receptus Westcott and Hort B) External Evidence C) Internal Evidence Further Reading: Sawyer, James. "Evangelicals and the Canon of the New Testament." http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=689