>However, it might be anachronistic to assume that Peter is speaking of writing, as if the people of the time could not remember things passed down orally. The people of this era were able to pass down Scripture itself orally (as well as long epics like the Iliad). We live in different times. <
Yes an oral tradition was important but they were memorizing scripture that had been written down.Their are more copies of early scripture available today than of any other work from the same period.
The words it is written are used 90 times in the NT.I believe God was not just using the Apostles for a season.He was having them transcribe his words with the aid of the Holy Spirit so that we would have them today.
"I believe God was not just using the Apostles for a season.He was having them transcribe his words with the aid of the Holy Spirit so that we would have them today."
I think the Apostles' purpose was much more than mere secretaries of God! If you will recall, the Apostles didn't start writing for AT LEAST ten years after Christ had risen from the dead. What were they doing in the mean time? Also, you are overemphasizing the value of the written word to the individual during early Christianity. Everyone didn't have access to a Bible (or could read it if they were so inclined to purchase one!)
To say that we come to faith by reading the Scriptures is to totally ignore much of Scripture itself, that lays out how the Apostles taught people throughout the Empire that Christ had risen - by word of mouth and deeds, not by pamphlets handed out.
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