Since the early days of Christianity a tension has existed between the authority of the Bible and the authority of the Church. This has been further heightened by the question of Bible translation: How does the Word stand firm and yet continue to speak to a changing Church? Joseph Lienhard, a specialist in Early Christianity, examines the evolution of the Christian canon by Since the early days of Christianity a tension has existed between the authority of the Bible and the authority of the Church. This has been further heightened by the question of Bible translation: How does the Word stand firm and yet continue to speak to a changing Church? Joseph Lienhard, a specialist in Early Christianity, examines the evolution of the Christian canon by casting this question against the life of the early Christians. Among the topics treated are the Christian use of Jewish Scriptures, the Catholic and Protestant Old Testaments, the emergence of the New Testament, the struggle for the right interpretation of the Scriptures, the problem of inspiration, and modern attempts to explain the Church's New Testament canon theologically. The book questions the use of historicist methods of interpretation and appeals to the Rule of Faith as the right norm for interpreting the Scriptures in the Church. Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ, earned his doctorate at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) with two dissertations on Paulinus of Nola and Marcellus of Ancyra. His work is in patristics. He taught at Marquette University from 1975 to 1990, and since 1990 has been at Fordham University, where he is also chair of the department of theology. He has published Ministry in the Message of the Fathers of the Church series and other titles.
The Bible, the Church, and Authority: The Canon of the Christian Bible in History and Theology
Since the early days of Christianity a tension has existed between the authority of the Bible and the authority of the Church. This has been further heightened by the question of Bible translation: How does the Word stand firm and yet continue to speak to a changing Church? Joseph Lienhard, a specialist in Early Christianity, examines the evolution of the Christian canon by Since the early days of Christianity a tension has existed between the authority of the Bible and the authority of the Church. This has been further heightened by the question of Bible translation: How does the Word stand firm and yet continue to speak to a changing Church? Joseph Lienhard, a specialist in Early Christianity, examines the evolution of the Christian canon by casting this question against the life of the early Christians. Among the topics treated are the Christian use of Jewish Scriptures, the Catholic and Protestant Old Testaments, the emergence of the New Testament, the struggle for the right interpretation of the Scriptures, the problem of inspiration, and modern attempts to explain the Church's New Testament canon theologically. The book questions the use of historicist methods of interpretation and appeals to the Rule of Faith as the right norm for interpreting the Scriptures in the Church. Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ, earned his doctorate at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) with two dissertations on Paulinus of Nola and Marcellus of Ancyra. His work is in patristics. He taught at Marquette University from 1975 to 1990, and since 1990 has been at Fordham University, where he is also chair of the department of theology. He has published Ministry in the Message of the Fathers of the Church series and other titles.
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Monica Willyard Moen –
I discovered this book while looking for titles I might read about church history, especially that of the early church and medieval church. This wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but it proved to be well worth my time in reading it. The content of the book is challenging both intellectually and on an emotional level where some of our most deeply held assumptions exist. Until I read this book, I never gave much thought about how people of the Jewish faith might feel about questions using and I discovered this book while looking for titles I might read about church history, especially that of the early church and medieval church. This wasn’t exactly what I was looking for, but it proved to be well worth my time in reading it. The content of the book is challenging both intellectually and on an emotional level where some of our most deeply held assumptions exist. Until I read this book, I never gave much thought about how people of the Jewish faith might feel about questions using and claiming their scriptures to prove the existence of the Messiah and that he had already come. I kind of took that for granted. In the past, I’ve vaguely understood that the council had meant to decide which books should be included in the New Testament. When I was young, I naïvely believed that if we all loved God and wanted to serve him, we would naturally get along and agree. Now I see that while some of this was about disagreement, more of the council was about how to determine which books are credible, which contain heresies as revealed by teachings from the apostles, and how easy it is for a person to form a belief that is heresy but that seems right to him. It is so easy to use human logic to come up with such ideas. In this area of life, I am much like a child who has just discovered that the world is much bigger than her small town, and it is more complex than she ever imagined. This book is written by a professor who is also a Catholic. In the past, many people wouldn’t even pick it up because it was written from that point of you. Yet it is from reading this book that I begin to really understand the differences as well as the similarities between Protestants and Catholics. I have also begun to understand that while we use a similar Bible there are differences, and the differences do matter. This book is short and can be read in one sitting. Yet there are things I did not understand upon my first reading. I plan to revisit this book several times in the future to investigate those things and try to learn more. It is written by a man who clearly loves the Scriptures, and it is written for students. In this case, that would be me. :-)
Todd Hains –
Fun and short.
FatherSwithin –
A clear description of the development of Scripture and what that means, theologically. This explains where “Catholic” and “Protestant” most clearly diverge. --Fr Russell
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