Canon and Text of the NT: Gundry C4

What is the meaning of the word canon as applied to the New Testament?

• Books Jesus wrote

• Books written about Jesus

• Books accepted by early church as divinely inspired as the standard that governs Christian belief and conduct.

• Chosen books by the pope

True or False: Marcion was a Gnostic.

• True

• False

terms means "measuring rod" or ruler

• canon

• ecclesia

• catholic

• lapsed

Who developed the first canon (10 books and Paul's letters) that was later changed?

• Athanasius

• Marcion

What influenced whether or not a book/letter was included in the New Testament?

• Written by an Apostle

• Power to change lives

• It needed to be full of instructions / rules

• vital component of Christian worship

What is textual criticism?

• Words criticizing People in the New Testament.

• The exercise of determining the original wording of the New Testament.

• What's the meaning of the text.

• Lectionaries using the words of the New Testament

What's a translation of the bible in English?