How Do We Know the Bible is True? Vol. 1 by Ken Ham & Bodie Hodge

Author:Ken Ham & Bodie Hodge [Ham, Ken & Hodge, Bodie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: RELIGION / Christian Theology / Apologetics, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Exegesis & Hermeneutics
ISBN: 9781614581239
Publisher: Master Books
Published: 2011-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

Church Determines Canon

Church Discovers Canon

Church Is Mother of Canon

Church Is Child of Canon

Church Is Magistrate of Canon

Church Is Minister of Canon

Church Regulates Canon

Church Recognizes Canon

Church Is Judge of Canon

Church Is Witness of Canon

Church Is Master of Canon

Church Is Servant of Canon

Several books, known as the antilegomena, were not immediately accepted as canonical. The word itself means "spoken against," and some were convinced these books were not Scripture. For example, many people thought the epistle of James should be excluded because James apparently taught a doctrine of justification by works in contrast to the Apostle Paul. Others rejected the Book of Hebrews because no human author was named. However, with time it was recognized that James and Paul taught the same doctrine of justification and many think that Hebrews did not contain the author's name because it was important to stress its divine origin.

Other excluded books were the pseudepigraphia. These books had supposedly been written by one of the Apostles or a well-known Christian. However, evidence demonstrated that the real author had only used the name of the Apostle to gain acceptance for the book. An example of the pseudepigraphia was the gospel of Peter.

Vernacular Translations

With the Scriptures, the Church was prepared to take the gospel to all nations. For a time, it was easy to preach the gospel because most people understood the Greek language. But as the boundaries of the Church expanded, it became apparent there were many who did not speak Greek. What was to be done?

There was precedence for what the Church did. The Hebrew Scriptures had been translated into Greek about 200 B.C. and had proven to be a great blessing to the Gentiles. Now the Scriptures, beginning with the New Testament, were translated into the vernacular languages of the day. Within a short time, people whose spoken language was Syriac, Latin, Coptic, or another language had copies of the Word of God in their own native tongue.6

A thrilling account of a vernacular translation is the history of two brothers, Cyril and Methodius, who were originally from Thessalonica. The Bishop of Rome sent them to evangelize the Slavs sometime in the ninth century. However, the Slavs did not have a written language. So Cyril designed an alphabet, called the Cyrillic, to translate the Bible into the Slavonic language. This alphabet remains in use today as the alphabet of the Russian language. Not only did the brothers provide a great boon to the Slavonic people in giving them the Word of God, but also they made a lasting contribution to their culture.

The Dominance of the Latin Vulgate

For the people of Western Europe, the most significant translation was the Latin. Although Latin today is a "dead" language because it is not spoken, this was not the situation during the times of the early Church. A Latin translation had been done by unknown persons, but the date is uncertain. This translation was called the Itala or Old Latin. Because the scribes were careless in copying its manuscripts, the text soon became riddled with errors.

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