10 Basic Facts About the NT Canon that Every Christian Should Memorize
New Testament scholar Michael J. Kruger has been working through a blog series entitled 10 Basic Facts About the New Testament Canon that Every Christian Should Memorize. Check out his book Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books for more. Hear the interview with Michael Kruger here.
- The New Testament Books are the Earliest Christian Writings We Possess
- Apocryphal Writings Are All Written in the Second Century or Later
- The New Testament Books Are Unique Because They Are Apostolic Books
- Some NT Writers Quote Other NT Writers as Scripture
- The Four Gospels are Well Established by the End of the Second Century
- At the End of the 2nd Century, the Muratorian Fragment lists 22 of 27 NT Books
- Early Christians Often Used Non-Canonical Writings
- The NT Canon Was Not Decided at Nicea—Nor Any Other Church Council
- Christians Did Disagree about the Canonicity of Some NT Books
- Early Christians Believed that Canonical Books Were Self-Authenticating
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