Weekly Blog
Oct 12, 2022
In these blog posts, we are looking at the development of the New Testament Canon. Last week we saw evidence from the Muratorian Fragment. This week we will consider the writings of the early Church historian Eusebius.
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Oct 05, 2022
In recent posts, we looked at how the heretics Marcion and Valentinus (and other Gnostics) tried to radically alter the Christian faith and to change the New Testament books that were generally accepted by the Church, or to add additional books. These pressures caused the Church to begin to clarify exactly which books belonged in the New Testament Canon.
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Sep 28, 2022
In the last post, we looked at how the heretic Marcion truncated the canon of Scripture by rejecting the Old Testament, highly editing the Gospel of Luke, editing 10 of Paul’s letters, and rejecting the rest of the New Testament. This week we will take a brief look at Valentinus and the Gnostics.
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Sep 21, 2022
This week we will be taking a break from the blog. We will be returning to our normal blog next week as per usual. However, while you are waiting for […]
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Sep 14, 2022
Two key heretics/groups were (1) Marcion and (2) Valentinus and the Gnostics. This week we will look at Marcion.
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Sep 07, 2022
Today we will look at how the New Testament writings were viewed by the early church.
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Aug 31, 2022
Last week we saw that the divine authority Jesus gave to the apostles extended not only to their personal ministry and office but also to their words. But what about their writings? Are they too given divine authority?
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Aug 24, 2022
Last week we began a series of posts on the development of the New Testament canon. In that post, we considered the divine authority given to the apostles by Jesus Himself. But does this extend to their words? Are they too given divine authority?
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Aug 17, 2022
This week we return to a series of posts on the development of the canon of Scripture. We have already considered the Old Testament, including why we do not accept the Apocrypha as Scripture. Now we will turn our attention to the development of the New Testament canon.
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Aug 10, 2022
“A minister may fill his pews, his communion roll, the mouths of the public, but what that minister is on his knees in secret before God Almighty, that he is and no more.” – John Owen
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