In the adult education class I have been teaching we took a look at the canon last night. I feared that compared with previous topics I would be short on material, but I actually ended up going a bit long (and cutting off questions/discussion). I’ll have to get better at making time. Still, we had some good discussions about the scriptures, the Apocrypha, and some of the gospels which are covered from time to time in the media. The class was particularly amused and flabbergasted by the last sentence in the Gospel of Thomas.
Posts Tagged ‘canon’
On the canon
Thursday, January 28th, 2010White knuckle orthodoxy
Monday, September 24th, 2007I have quite enjoyed reading Origen so far. Here is quote concerning the church’s adoption of the Jewish scriptures into its canon:
If therefore all Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable, we ought to believe it is profitable even if we do not recognize the profit.
