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A High View of Scripture?: The Authority of the Bible and the Formation of the New Testament Canon is unavailable, but you can change that!

For most evangelicals, a key tenet of belief is a “high view of Scripture,” often defined as adherence to a verbal plenary inspiration view, along with the subsequent doctrine of inerrancy this view assumes. In this thought-provoking book, Craig Allert questions whether this view is in fact high enough. In particular, he averts that our view of the Bible has not been sufficiently informed by how...

Even beyond the fifth century, this kind of fluidity continues. Of the many examples of this fluidity the Trullan Synod (691–692) is perhaps the most instructive example.40 This was a council of Eastern bishops who met in the domed room (trullus) of the Emperor Justinian’s palace in Constantinople. The council sought to determine which authorities in the church could be recognized as representing authentic church law.41 Among the authorities were the Apostolic Canons, the decrees of a number of synods
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