SUMMARY OF PAGES ON THE BIBLE
OR SCRIPTURE

© 2003 by Orchid Land Publications  

[20030715]

       Pages on Scripture include the following:

     HERE !           R55 !        R311!

R89          R225  

See also:   R121     R278     R75

THE MAIN ISSUE:

HOW CAN A BOOK BE INSPIRED OR EVEN MORE
UNLESS THE BODY THAT HAS CODIFIED IT HAS BEEN INSPIRED?  THE
  ORTHODOX CHURCH NOT ONLY WROTE THE NEW TESTAMENT;
AT THE END OF THE FOURTH CENTURY, SHE FINALLY
DECIDED WHICH BOOKS SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN
 THE NEW TESTAMENT AND WHICH SHOULD 
NOT BE INCLUDED IN IT

WHEN NON-ORTHODOX PEOPLE SAY THAT SCRIPTURE IS INFALLIBLE 
AND WE ASK HOW THIS CAN BE KNOWN, SEVERAL ANSWERS ARE
POSSIBLE:

1. THE OBSERVER IS INFALLIBLE IN RECOGNIZING WHAT IS SO;
2. THE BODY THAT CODIFIED THE BIBLE IS INFALLIBLE.

IN TRUTH, ONE CAN MORE REASONABLY SPEAK OF THE INSPIRATION OF INTERPRETATIONS RATHER THAN OF THE BIBLE ITSELF; BUT SINCE
INTERPRETATIONS ARE TRUE IN SOME AXIOMATIC PARADIGMS AND
NOT TRUE IN OTHER AXIOMATIC PARADIGMS, IT ALL BOILS DOWN
THE QUESTION OF WHICH PARADIGM IS ACCEPTED.

BUT SINCE A PARADIGM IS NEITHER TRUE NOR FALSE, 
THE ONLY HONEST AND OBJECTION QUESTIONS ARE: 

WHICH PARADIGMS DOES THE AVAILABLE EVIDENCE MAKE POSSIBLE OR
LIKELY--AND IMPOSSIBLE OR UNLIKELY—FOR A SPEAKER OF GREEK AT
 THE TIME OF PHILO, CHRIST, ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE, AND ST. PAUL—
TO WHICH SOME WOULD ADD ST. IGNATIOS, JUSTIN MARTYR AND
PLOTINOS, BUT NOT CLEMENT, ORIGEN, OR TERTULLIAN? 

OF THE POSSIBLE PARADIGMS, NONE OF THE MEDIÆVAL OR 
RENAISSANCE PARADIGMS OF THE LATINS & PROTESTANTS 
EXISTED DURING THE APOSTOLIC AGE, AS AN EXAMINATION 
OF THE MATTER AND FORM OF EACH PARADIGM SHOWS