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To: A strike

No it is not, in fact the Canon of Scripture as being what was universally held to be the Canon was not formally defined till the 4th century. That is a fact.

Even ole James White, Mr. I have been debating for over 30 years finally conceding that sola scriptura was not even possible to bind everyone in the early Church before the 4th century since there was no agreed upon Canon of the Scripture.

Total 16th century Protestant novelty


90 posted on 12/26/2024 9:22:09 AM PST by CTrent1564
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To: CTrent1564
Rome dogmatically defined their canon at Trent. Prior to that it was not dogmatically defined. That's a fact.

Jesus had defined the OT and it does not include the books that Rome added at Trent.

We do have a good indication the canon was generally agreed upon by the end of the 2nd century. Some were in question due to authorship, but they were not rejected.

Paul's letters were already recognized as Scripture.

IIRC Athanasius was the first to provide a list of the books in the NT. However, this was recognizing what the church had already recognized. And IIRC, he excluded the books Rome has in the Apocrypha.

92 posted on 12/26/2024 9:38:31 AM PST by ealgeone
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What you incorrectly consider Protestant novelty is in fact definitely correct. Sorry, play again theological loser.
151 posted on 12/26/2024 9:27:26 PM PST by A strike (death to taggers)
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