New Testament Theology OR History of Early Christianity?
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William Wrede famously said that “anyone who accepts without question the idea of the canon places himself under the authority of the bishops and theologians of those centuries.”[1] If Protestants question the ancient catholic church’s judgments and authority, a consistent Protestant will also contest their limitations of the extent of the canon. Thus, for Wrede, New Testament Theology (NTT) is really about plotting the debates, developments, and diversities in early Christian literature, including but looking well beyond the New Testament, into the age of the apostolic fathers and finding its upper limit with the early apologists.
New Testament Theology OR History of Early Christianity?
New Testament Theology OR History of Early…
New Testament Theology OR History of Early Christianity?
William Wrede famously said that “anyone who accepts without question the idea of the canon places himself under the authority of the bishops and theologians of those centuries.”[1] If Protestants question the ancient catholic church’s judgments and authority, a consistent Protestant will also contest their limitations of the extent of the canon. Thus, for Wrede, New Testament Theology (NTT) is really about plotting the debates, developments, and diversities in early Christian literature, including but looking well beyond the New Testament, into the age of the apostolic fathers and finding its upper limit with the early apologists.