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== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30955" /> == | == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30955" /> == | ||
<p> The Old Testament Canon is witnessed to by the New Testament writers. Their evidence is conclusive. The quotations in the New from the Old are very numerous, and the references are much more numerous. These quotations and references by our Lord and the apostles most clearly imply the existence at that time of a well-known and publicly acknowledged collection of [[Hebrew]] writings under the designation of "The Scriptures;" "The Law and the Prophets and the Psalms;" "Moses and the Prophets," etc. The appeals to these books, moreover, show that they were regarded as of divine authority, finally deciding all questions of which they treat; and that the whole collection so recognized consisted only of the thirty-nine books which we now posses. Thus they endorse as genuine and authentic the canon of the Jewish Scriptures. The [[Septuagint]] Version (q.v.) also contained every book we now have in the Old Testament Scriptures. As to the time at which the Old Testament canon was closed, there are many considerations which point to that of Ezra and Nehemiah, immediately after the return from [[Babylonian]] exile. (See | <p> The Old Testament Canon is witnessed to by the New Testament writers. Their evidence is conclusive. The quotations in the New from the Old are very numerous, and the references are much more numerous. These quotations and references by our Lord and the apostles most clearly imply the existence at that time of a well-known and publicly acknowledged collection of [[Hebrew]] writings under the designation of "The Scriptures;" "The Law and the Prophets and the Psalms;" "Moses and the Prophets," etc. The appeals to these books, moreover, show that they were regarded as of divine authority, finally deciding all questions of which they treat; and that the whole collection so recognized consisted only of the thirty-nine books which we now posses. Thus they endorse as genuine and authentic the canon of the Jewish Scriptures. The [[Septuagint]] Version (q.v.) also contained every book we now have in the Old Testament Scriptures. As to the time at which the Old Testament canon was closed, there are many considerations which point to that of Ezra and Nehemiah, immediately after the return from [[Babylonian]] exile. (See [[Bible, Ezra, Quotations]] .) </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15768" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15768" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29945" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_29945" /> == | ||
<p> (from | <p> (from '''''Κανών''''' , or ''Canna1'' a straight reed used for ruling lines), in ecclesiastical usage, is (1) A rule ( Galatians 6:6) ordained by the Fathers; a constitution of the Church. (2) The creed, as the criterion for distinguishing a Christian; the "rule of faith" of Tertullian, Irenueus, and Jerome. (3) A clerk who observes the apostles' rule, or fellowship ( Acts 2:42); one borne on the list, or canon of a cathedral or collegiate church, as the term is used by the councils of Nice and Antioch, and bound to observe its: statutes or canons, and the rule of a good and honest life. Hence, in later times, when the names of benefactors were inserted in the rolls or canons of numberless communities, the popes confined the term canonization to those whom they admitted to the title of saint. The word is one of rank and precedence, and should be prefixed in addressing a prebendary. Canons are primarii among all others of the clergy of the city or diocese. The name is attributed to pope [[Pelagius]] or Gregory, and was certainly common in the reign of Charlemagne; in the 6th century it designated all clergy on the Church register affording a perfect example of liturgical obedience, and receiving a canonical portion '''''—''''' a regular annual pension -out of its revenues. This list is called Album by Sidonius Apollinarius; [[Matricula]] by the [[Council]] of Nice; and by [[Augustine]] the Table of Clerks. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70246" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_70246" /> == | ||
