After I know this how could I leave the church?
August 13, 2014 at 10:44 am
(This post was last modified: August 13, 2014 at 11:42 am by Bibliofagus.)
(August 13, 2014 at 10:11 am)Michael Wrote: Bibliofagus, one of the 'rules' of canonisation was that they must have been derived from apostolic times or earlier, and they must have had use in the church's liturgy. But it's worth also noting the early Church had a high view of other writings, such as those of the church fathers, or the Didache. It is perhaps a little anachronistic to look back at other early writings with post-Reformation eyes.
I don't understand what you are saying. These records (if they ever existed) would be from the correct time and the bible is full of stuff thats of no use in terms of church ritual. Furthermore the unknown writers of the NT bent over backwards to lend credibility to their claims about the messiah. Thats why all the prophesy stuff is in there right? I find it hard to believe they wouldn't have been all over these records of supernatural stuff - if - they ever existed.
Copying important texts was standard practice in these days, because you could expect the paper to rot away or the tablets to be broken or lost. It was the - only - way to distribute important information. It's anachronistic to suggest they wouldn't have felt the need to copy this stuff - if - it existed and was considered important.
And who were the early christians trying to convert? I believe it was mostly romans. Romans who trusted the records left to them. It would have made a - lot - of sense to present them. Yet, they didn't.
Thats kinda what I was thinking.
