doctrine 1

Question 1

what does canon mean?

what is another meaning for canon?

Answer 1

rule or measuring stick , it is a catalogue of secret writings approved as inspired scriptures, reliable and authoritive as a standard for the rule of faith.

it is the measure or rule as well as the list of that which is measured.

a collection of inspired writtings made by traditilon and authority of the church which contain the rule of divine faith.

the scriptures were the rule by which faith (doctrine) and paractice (conduct) were to be measured .

Question 2

what is the process of the canon?

Answer 2

1. events
   2.oral traditions + the story
2. written traditilons
3. edited traditions - copyist
   5acknowled collections in the common universal use
4. canonical recognition as authoritative

Question 3

the rule of faith
what do we mean by authograph?

how and when were they confirmed?

Answer 3

original  writings
few in existance
questions of copyists (manuscripts)
questions of translations
by the dead sea scrolls of consistency of 1947