Before There Was a Bible
Before There Was a Bible How did authority function before the bible as we know it emerged? McDonald shoes how those traditions were included in the early Christian writings later recognized as the…
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Before There Was a Bible
How did authority function before the bible as we know it emerged? McDonald shoes how those traditions were included in the early Christian writings later recognized as the New Testament. Lee Martin McDonald examines the authorities that existed from the Church's beginning: the appeal to the texts containing the words of Jesus, and that would become the New Testament, the not yet finalized Hebrew Scriptures (referred to mostly in Greek) and the apostolic leadership of the churches.McDonald traces several sacred core traditions that broadly identified the essence of Christianity before there was a bible summarized in early creeds, hymns and spiritual songs, baptismal and Eucharistic affirmations, and in lectionaries and catalogues from the fourth century and following.
He also shows how Christians were never fully agreed on the scope of their Old Testament canon (Hebrew
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