Of Books and Bishops: The Second Century as a Key to the Processes that Led to a New Testament Canon

This contribution aims at stressing some aspects of the trend toward the gradual formation of a canon of Christian writings. The first Christian writings were meant to make Jesus’ authority work on through the mediation of his apostles in different situations, but they were not intended to form an a...

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Main Author: Norelli, Enrico 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Diagonal-Verlag 2012
In: Zeitschrift für Religionswissenschaft
Year: 2010, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-198
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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