Canon of Scripture

Eusebius’ New Testament “Canon” only has 20 Truly Undisputed Books

One of the purposes of OriginalChristianity.net is to look at how Christianity started and what was originally believed and practiced, and to then look at how it developed over time, and compare that to the original.  We are doing that here with scripture, what was scripture or had scriptural status with the original Christians, how […]

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There are Multiple Canons of Scripture in Use Today: Claims of Communal Divine Inspiration; Some Resources that Discuss the Different Canons of Scripture

Preface The position of originalChristianity.net is that the Scriptures are a collection of divinely inspired writings.  The “Scriptures” refer to those writings that are the word of God. From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. Every Scripture is

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Scripture on Determining which Writings are Scripture

If there is a theme verse to this website it may be this: So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter. (2Th 2:15 WEB) This website is focused on original Christianity and the standards that were set there.  Specifically, the apostles charged

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01.50 Marcion the Heretic is the One who Names the Old and New Testaments And Starts the Process to Canonize a List of Acceptable Scriptures, The First Creed

As the old saying goes, Marcion was “the son of a preacher man”.  Actually, his father was Bishop at Sinope.  But Marcion’s upbringing in the Church did not lead him to accept the orthodoxy of the times.  He was a wealthy shipowner and merchant who evidently compared the religion of his father with the religions

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The Marvelous Story of Esther, Absent From Early Canons of Scripture

The teaching in church this week centered on the inspiring story of Esther. In a nutshell when Xerxes was king of Persia the Queen was named Vashti. And in a moment of defiance Vashti refused the command of the King. After consulting with his advisers the king decided on a process to find a new

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01.2.5 Ignatius Epistles Still only Call Old Testament Scripture

Continuing with the pattern that we saw in Clement’s epistle there are again no Scripture references to New Testament epistles in either the long or short versions of the epistles by Ignatius deemed to be genuine. In fact, there are no Scripture references at all in the short versions. In the long versions, as we

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Proof That There Was Refutation of The Book of Revelation

As an example of the dispute over certain books of the bible, and as further evidence that the canon of scripture was absolutely not always accepted, look at what Dionysius of Alexandria wrote regarding the dispute over the Book of Revelation: “Then, a little further on, he speaks of the Revelation of John as follows:

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01.1.2 Clement of Rome’s Canon of Scripture

The early church Father Clement regularly quotes the Old Testament with variations of “it is written,” and quotes the Lord Jesus with the words like “the words of the Lord” [1] For example: …being especially mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus which He spake, teaching us meekness and long-suffering. For thus He spoke:

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People Wrote Many Gospels, Acts, Epistles, and Apocalypses in Original Christianity, Some of Which Were Trustworthy

Christian gospel writing was not limited to the four Gospels we know as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.  There are many known accounts of the life and times of Jesus. These include the Protevangelium of James, the Infancy Story of Thomas, the Arabic Infancy Gospel, the Armenian Gospel of the Infancy, the History of Joseph

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Early Christians disputed Hebrews, James, 2nd Peter, 2 John, 3rd John, Jude, and Revelation

In the Christian Churches of early Christianity, there simply wasn’t an Old Testament, New Testament, or Bible when Christ arose or even later when Paul died. These books, these collections of sacred writings, developed over centuries. The Law and the Prophets were scrolls that were widely read in these times. There were epistles, mainly by

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The New Testament Books Were Not Received as the Word of God Initially, at Least Not by Papias

If the epistles and other books of the New Testament were immediately received as the word of God then we would expect that disciples writing at that time would treat the New Testament writings with that status and respect. Unfortunately, that is not the case. There is no evidence that the New Testament writings were

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LP0.1 Only The Law and the Prophets Had Divine Status Initially

Some things in Christian churches are assumed. Even though there is no proof, these tenets are accepted without question. For example, some assume water baptism every time the word “baptism” is used. Some assume that the 66 books in the Protestant Bible are the Word of God, complete and entire. Another assumption is that the

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