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What is considered scripture
The Standard Works
The LDS Church accepts 4 volumes as "standard works" of scripture:
The KJV Bible (minus Apocrypha)
The Book of Mormon
The Pearl of Great Price
The Doctrine and Covenants
Each book is esteemed basically equally with the others as pertaining to their scriptural value. Of course, Mormons will emphasize the ...
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The word for "scripture" in the Greek text is (ἡ) γραφή, often occurring in the plural, (τῆς) γραφῆς, which literally means "writing(s)." The word occurs approximately 50 times in the New Testament (depending on the manuscript used it is 50 or 51) and it seems pretty clear to me from a word search that this almost exclusively refers to the Old Testament ...
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A short history of the Talmud
Jewish Law has it's foundation in the books of the Torah: the first five books of the Bible. Although there are something like 613 commandments (mitzvot) in the Torah, there are many areas of life that are not directly addressed by the written law. And society has changed in ways that aren't explicitly accounted for by the ...
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Mary Fairchild belongs to the Calvary Chapel denomination, and she writes:
There are no specific scriptural instructions on how to dispose of an
old Bible. While God's Word is holy and to be honored (Psalm 138:2),
there's nothing sacred or hallowed in the physical materials: the
paper, parchment, leather, and ink.
She suggests that, instead of ...
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I prefer to look at the verse itself, in this matter. When I read this verse in Revelation it is easy to see that this is a warning to mankind: Don't add stuff! It's not your right, and you don't have the authority!
But it does NOT say that God cannot (or even will not) continue revealing his word and his mind and his plans to mankind. Remember Amos 3:7....
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Ex cathedra means from the chair literally. It refers to the power of the reigning Pope to speak infallibly on doctrinal or moral issues. And although, in my understanding, the power of speaking "from the chair" in general is not a concept necessarily new to Catholicism (think of any leader speaking officially from their official seat), in Catholicism it ...
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Before I lost my sight I was involved in Prison Ministry, and they are constantly in need of Bibles. Also they can and do supply things such as books, periodicals, and such to Chaplains for use in their libraries. Also any teaching aids you may have would be greatly appreciated.
You might find a Ministry through Google or if you live near a prison a call to ...
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I believe you are referring to Luke 6:38
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. (KJV)
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I believe you are thinking of Luke 19:40:
‘I tell you [Pharisees],’ he [Jesus] replied, ‘if they [His disciples] keep quiet, the stones will cry out.’
Other passages that refer to the witness of creation include Psalm 19 and Romans 1:20.
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One argument of the Christian presuppositional apologists is that only the Bible is self-authenticating. Other sacred texts, like the Quran, are not.
Consider the way Ten Bruggencate's tract on Islam addresses the issue. To Muslims who claim that they could not be wrong, he presents "contradictions in [their] source of knowledge"; that is, he claims that ...
answered Jul 13 '15 at 21:30
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First, a timeline.
The prohibition on incest was not given until well after creation. At least as far as traditions that believe Genesis to be a historical account are concerned, Adam and Eve were the first two humans on earth, they procreated, had a whole bunch of sons and daughters, some of which paired. For more on this see:
Did Adam and Eve's ...
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The language has certainly changed. As such, translations into modern Greek are used.
Today's Greek Bible is often used, and translations by the Hellenic Bible Society have the Blessing and Approval of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the Holy Synod of the Greek Church and the Patriarchates. There are other translations of the Bible into modern Greek, and it ...
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To start with, it might be helpful to clarify the terms used here.
Manuscript Evidence
Manuscript Evidence is a term that is well defined outside of Christianity, in the field of Textual Criticism.
Textual criticism (or lower criticism) is a branch of literary
criticism that is concerned with the identification and removal of
transcription errors in ...
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The Wikipedia article actually covers the answer to this fairly well:
It is a compilation of sermons and other materials from the early
years of the Church, which were transcribed and then published. ...
Questions have been raised about the accuracy of some transcriptions.
Modern technology and processes were not available for verifying the
...
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An interesting line of thought on the assembly of the NT from a liberal scholar, David Trobisch. In short, his thesis is that Paul selected some of his own letters to be published to the churches (cf. "Did Paul Himself Create the First NT Canon"). Some in the early church — notably Marcion — viewed Paul as in conflict with the apostles in Jerusalem (esp. ...
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Further Clarification
The original person who asked the question asked for additional clarification on these two questions:
1) Are inspired works closed as canon is? 2) Are there potentially other inspired historical works which are not in canon?
The answer to the first question depends on the view one has of the gift of prophecy and its possible ...
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The answer is quite simple: Scripture does not specify where Hell is.
There is a lot of speculation, however, about "where" Hell is, and I suspect the most common beliefs are that:
Hell is not a physical place, but rather a spiritual "place" outside of the known universe.
Hell may be a physical place, but is likely outside of the known universe (i.e. you ...
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Hands down, Eusebius is your best bet for an "historical" (by which I assume you mean non-biblical) account of the early church.
Eusebius is often called the 'Father of Church History'. Although he was not active until the 200s, his work is usually considered by historians of all types - from Dan Wallace to Bart Ehrmann to be the pre-eminent collector of "...
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Peter supports any letter submitted by Paul under his ministry, past or future, as scripture. The reason why there is no detailed argument for it in scripture is because it was obvious as his writings were the writings of an Apostle, which was greater than a Prophet.
There are some things in them that are hard to understand [i.e. Paul's writings], which ...
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Concursus is a Latin word which can be translated encounter or meeting. The late 19th–early 20th century Presbyterian theologian Benjamin Breckenridge Warfield used the word to describe his belief that
the whole of Scripture is the product of the divine activities which enter it, not by superseding the activities of the human authors, but by working ...
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Short Answer: Over the course of 7 years by a committee of Apostles, Oxford Scholars, professional editors, computer experts, and many other contributers form both inside and outside the Church.
What we have for footnotes in the standard works today is the result of many lifetimes worth of diligent scripture study, and thousands of hours work completed as ...
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Are you referring to anything specifically? If you can provide a specific instance, that might be more informative.
In short: the answers are: Nullify, no. Takes precedence, yes.
For example, polygamy is an eternal law. And although it is not practiced today, it has been practiced as noted in the Bible (Genesis 16:3; 25:1; 29:21-30; 30:3-4, 9), spoken ...
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The Scriptural teaching that sin was the cause of death for humans is wholly compatible with evolution, because the reason why humans were not going to die, get sick, be attacked by predators, etc. if they obeyed God was not a feature of the biological layer of human nature, but a special assistance that God would provide to them as long as they remained ...
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Jesus said in Matthew 11:25, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children." By these words we know that God has knowledge to share that we can't get anywhere but from Him. This is reinforced by Jesus saying in Matthew 11:27, "All things have been handed ...
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Talmud was strongly opposed by Jesus Christ.
During the time of Jesus Christ, Talmud was called Traditions of the Elders.
The Pharisees, the scribes, and all of the Jews who followed the sect of Pharisees nullified the word of God by obeying Traditions of the Elders (Matthew 15, Mark 7). Jesus calls Traditions of the Elders as human traditions (Mark 7:8) ...
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The old creeds are useful summaries of Christian doctrine. They are useful because the way God decided to shape the Bible was not like a systematic theology textbook, even though we might sometimes wish it was!
The creeds were written in times of division in the church to clarify what the groups that wrote them believe the Bible taught. In general each ...
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Sometimes the Scriptures identify Pharisees specifically, but other times they merely reference chief priests, who may have been Pharisees. There are a few passages of note:
The Chief Priests and Scribes cite Micah 5:2 in reference to the birth of the Messiah
Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where ...
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The question is:
Did the NT writers themselves know that they were writing an inspired record?
Though there is at least one major exception, which is mentioned below, for the most part the New Testament authors simply wrote their accounts without commenting on whether they were inspired. We can therefore glean only a few clues here and there about their ...
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From Herbert Thurston's Catholic Encyclopedia article "Missal" (§ "Origin of the Missal"):
The printed Missal of the present day, reproducing in substance the manuscript forms of the latter part of the Middle Ages, has resulted from the amalgamation of a number of separate service books. In the early centuries, owing to the lack of competent scribes, the ...
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In the New Testament, Jesus never prescribes or approves of any particular canon
Jesus doesn't anywhere speak of the canon,1 except to refer to common ways of dividing them: "the Law and the Prophets" (Matthew 5:17), "the Law, the Prophets, and the Psalms" (Luke 24:44; cf. 24:27). This latter one is significant for our purpose becaues among the Jews, the ...
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