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Canonical Theology: The Biblical Canon, Sola Scriptura, and Theological Method is unavailable, but you can change that!

What are the roles of canon and community in the understanding and articulation of Christian doctrine? Should the church be the doctrinal arbiter in the twenty-first century? In Canonical Theology John Peckham tackles this complex, ongoing discussion by shedding light on issues surrounding the biblical canon and the role of the community for theology and practice. Peckham examines the nature of...

allow for an interpretative tradition not adding to Scripture but did not see either this tradition or ecclesiastical teaching as infallible.”27 Tradition, then, was not seen “as a normative interpretation of Scripture” or “as a necessary supplement to it but rather as a tool to be used to help the church to understand it.”28 Accordingly, whereas the church fathers “accepted the inherited faith because it was [considered to be] apostolic tradition,” the magisterial “Reformers accepted the (traditional)
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