The Impossible Canon: Stubbs Strikes Again

4 Responses to The Impossible Canon: Stubbs Strikes Again

1. Steve Martin says:

   February 21, 2012 at 11:35 am

   Interesting post over there.

   I left my Lutheran 2 cents at their door.

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2. Tom Brown says:

   February 21, 2012 at 7:57 pm

   Devin, thanks for the link. That’s right, you’re the inspiration for a fine and spirited discussion! And it’s such an important articulation of the problem with one argumentative attempt to validate the Protestant canon. To reject certain books on purported historical grounds, they have to call everything into question. I wonder if this is why Calvin didn’t go for a purely objective measure of canon, but instead preached the inner testimony of the Holy Spirit.

   Peace in Christ,
   Tom B.

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   • Devin Rose says:

     February 21, 2012 at 11:24 pm

     Thanks Tom. I’ve often wondered why Calvin and Luther wrote such a relatively little amount about the canon. Perhaps they secretly knew it was a weak link; perhaps they just thought they’d inherit it from the Church and no one would care; perhaps they didn’t realize how much it would explode centuries down the road?

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     • Steve Martin says:

       February 22, 2012 at 12:30 am

       I think Luther had full respect for the canon. But he had a canon within the canon.

       Because some books screamed Christ and His gospel, and others…not so much.

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