To: OLD REGGIE
Remember, "tradition" doesn't count. The Bible is written Tradition, which began as oral Tradition. Jesus didn't hand over a completed New Testament to the Apostles.
In fact, the Bible doesn't record Jesus commissioning the Apostles to write a New Testament. The Great Commission was to "go and make Apostles of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit."
The Apostles were expecting the Second Coming within their lifetimes. When they realized that that might not happen, they began to record Jesus' life and teachings in writing, facts that had previously been passed on orally. A consensus regarding which books constituted Sacred Scripture later emerged, but many books were disputed. The canon of Scripture wasn't formally declared by the Church until around the year 400 A.D., in several Church Councils. It is the canon used by Catholics today.
179 posted on
03/15/2004 5:13:42 AM PST by
Aquinasfan
(Isaiah 22:22, Rev 3:7, Mat 16:19)
To: Aquinasfan
***In fact, the Bible doesn't record Jesus commissioning the Apostles to write a New Testament. The Great Commission was to "go and make Apostles of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit."***
... teaching them to observe all that I have commanded.
Interesting where you stopped quoting the verse.
180 posted on
03/15/2004 5:16:33 AM PST by
drstevej
(Repentant prayer of saints is the precursor to genuine revival.)
To: Aquinasfan
This "tradition" of which you speak died with the Apostles. Any later "tradition" is an addition to Scripture.
216 posted on
03/15/2004 10:38:12 AM PST by
OLD REGGIE
((I am a cult of one! UNITARJEWMIAN) Maybe a Biblical Unitarian?)
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