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“Any scientific investigator of Scripture repeatedly confronts the issue of the character of the Bible’s authority,” writes Herman Ridderbos in the opening lines of this book. From there he goes on to examine the basis for the church’s acceptance of the New Testament as canonical. More than a merely academic question, the canonicity of the New Testament remains a vital concern for the church...

through the Holy Spirit God revealed that same mystery to the holy apostles and (New Testament)99 prophets. Therefore it is not surprising that the New Testament itself places Paul’s letters on a par with the Old Testament Scriptures.100 Finally, nowhere is divine authority attributed to a New Testament writing more emphatically than in the Book of Revelation.101 It claims to have been written under the direct command and leading of God (1:11, 19; 2:1ff.; 14:13; 19:9; 21:5). In the most solemn manner,
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