Answer:
[tex]The \: most \: popular \: term \: \\ used \: in \\ \: describing \: the \: books \: that \: b elong \: in \: the \\ \: Bible \: is \: the \: word \: "canon."[/tex]
- The biblical canon is the collection of scriptural books that God has given his corporate people, which are distinguished by their divine qualities, reception by the collective body, and their apostolic connection, either by authorship or association.
- A biblical canon is a set of texts which a particular Jewish or Christian religious community regards as part of the Bible.
- 3 The English word canon comes from the Greek κανών kanōn, meaning "rule" or "measuring stick".
- The term canon, from a Hebrew-Greek word meaning “cane” or “measuring rod,” passed into Christian usage to mean “norm” or “rule of faith.”
- The canon of Scripture includes only the inspired and revealed word of God Himself.
Explanation:
[tex] \infty \: \: \: Sacred \: \: \: \\ \: scripture \: \: \infty [/tex]
Sacred scripture
any writing that is regarded as sacred by a religious group.
- The biblical canon is the collection of scriptural books that God has given his corporate people. These books were grouped together by God’s people relatively early, with the OT being settled and stable by the birth of Jesus at latest, and the NT gaining large agreement even before the end of the second century. Although it wasn’t until the fourth century that the NT canon was officially decided, there is good reason to have historical confidence in the process. These books were largely decided on by virtue of three factors: their divine qualities, reception by the churches, and connection to an apostle. Most of the NT books were composed directly by one of the apostles (including Paul), and those that were not have close links to the testimony of the apostles themselves.
