Who Chose the books of the New Testament & the Qur'an?-Canon

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Who chose the 27 books of the New Testament Canon, and the 114 books of the Qur'an? The New Testament canon, codified in the 4th century, reflected the books always accepted by the early church, using 5 criteria: Was it written by an apostle; a man of God, worthy to write it; did it have any contradictions or errors; did it change people's lives; and was it accepted by the early church? There were many 2nd - 5th century sectarian, mainly Gnostic, writings which were all rejected because of their late dates, and their erroneous content, often contradicting the canonical books. Interestingly, they include many beliefs adopted and perhaps borrowed by the writers of the Qur'an. When we look at the Qur'anic canon, we find greater problems. Many books or codices of the Qur'an were not chosen, and so were burned by Uthman in 650 AD. What's more, reference after reference say that verses and books of the Qur'an disappeared, were lost, forgotten, cancelled, went missing, were overlooked, changed and modified. In fact it wasn't until 1924 that the Qur'an was finally canonized, proving that the canon of the Bible is more authoritative, and thus more trustworthy than that of the Qur'an.

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[MrYouthTruth]

The First Council of Nicaea was a council of Christian bishops today known as the catholic (universal) Church. They convened in Nicaea in Bithynia (present-day İznik in Turkey) by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in AD 325. They formed the canon of scripture.

If you reject this fact your just ignorant!

[irishxxkelt]

@murrayoflight I wouldn't worry too much. Jesus knows when people are praying in his name even if he was called Mickey Mouse..................

[murrayoflight]

Brethren listen JESUS is not a heavenly holy name the name jesus was never known pre c1600 There is no "j" in Hebrew or Greek no J no jesus get it.... Satan has changed Yahwehs word read scripture. Do some study as YHWH commands us to study diligently daily to see if what we are told is true from his word. some scripture may help

isa 9:16, isa 3:12, isa 52:5, Jer 23:26,27 Jer 11:19, Heb 13:6, Psa 124:6, Neh 8:17, Pro 30:4 Exo 15:3 Psa 68:4

may Yah bless you

[turkmuslim4ever]

good luck with reading your book(s) lol ;)

[1Skeptik1]

@masterkeep Greetings and thanks for the reference, I gave it a quick look and bookmarked for future reference, perhaps we can both grow exchanging information. Note:  I notice Athanasius was surprisingly missing in the site index, yet Hector Avalos was listed? I found a short relevant article supporting my earlier post, you may informative. ntcanon(DOT)org/Athanasius.(DO­T)html Notice the Gospel of John was NOT accepted until the 10th. century. Theology is fascinating! Regards

[masterkeep]

@1Skeptik1 The following website has information showing that before 200AD there was a general acceptance as canonical all but 7 books with those 7 mostly accepted - tektonics[dot]org/lp/ntcanon[d­ot]html

Even after Nicea some argued against certain books, as even to today some do, but that does not change that the Church at large has agreed on this for over 1800 years. I hope this helps.

[1Skeptik1]

@masterkeep Thanks for the reply, I am most interested in facts rather then a conservative/liberal spin. The historians I read claim the debate as to the nature of "Jesus" took place at the Council of Nicea with Athanasius and followers prevailing. Even then the issue was not settled as sentiment shifted upon Constantine's death. (Note: I find conflicting accounts if Constantine was ever Christian?) Some decades later Athanasius chose the 27 books we are familiar with. Regards