- When Was the New Testament Considered Scripture? - CrossExamined
Most of the earliest Christians were Jews, so they had the Old Testament Scriptures, but concerning the 27 books of the New Testament, there wasn’t an official canon until three or four hundred years later That doesn’t mean they didn’t have New Testament Scripture
- Does the New Testament Ever Quote Itself as Authoritative Scripture? by . . .
This Greek word is used fifty-one times in the New Testament, and it refers to the Old Testament writings in every other occurrence Consequently, “Scripture” was a technical term that the New Testament used to refer to God’s authoritative writings
- Did the writers of the New Testament regard their writings as Scripture . . .
Were the New Testament writers aware of the scriptural nature of their epistles? Although this cannot be proven definitively, there is a fairly strong case to be made that they did
- New Testament - Wikipedia
The New Testament's background, the first division of the Christian Bible, has the name of Old Testament, which is based primarily upon the Hebrew Bible; together they are regarded as Sacred Scripture by Christians
- In What Ways Is the New Testament a “Religious Text”?
Here, the word religious means that Christians think the New Testament is divinely inspired, sacred, and authoritative in matters of faith and conduct The New Testament, however, did not begin as a unified collection of books that were divinely inspired, sacred, and authoritative
- Challenges to the New Testament Canon - Juicy Ecumenism
With thousands of quotes, “every New Testament book is cited by the church fathers as Scripture ” Papias of Hierapolis, who knew the apostle John, in the early second century quoted Matthew and Mark, and referred to material in Luke and John, while Justin Martyr said that the four gospels are all versions of the same gospel
- What’s the Difference Between the Old and New Testament?
The Old Testament: God’s Covenant with Israel The Old Testament, sometimes called the Hebrew Bible, contains 39 books (in most Christian traditions) It includes: The Law (Torah) – the first five books (Genesis–Deuteronomy), which explain creation, God’s covenant with Israel, and His commandments
- New Testament | Description, History, Books, History | Britannica
Christians see in the New Testament the fulfillment of the promise of the Hebrew Bible, which they designate as the Old Testament It relates and interprets the new covenant, represented in the life and death of Jesus, between God and the followers of Christ, the promised Messiah
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