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Since the early days of Christianity, a conflict has existed between the authority of the Bible and the authority of the Church. This has been further heightened by the challenge of Bible translation: How can the Word hold steadfast and yet continue to communicate to a changing Church. James D. Jackson, a specialist in Early Christianity, explores the history of the Christian canon by placing this issue against the lives of the early Christians. Among the topics treated are the The translation of the Bible, The council of Rome and the Bible Canon, Relationship with the Eastern Church, Christian use of Jewish Scriptures, the Catholic and Protestant Old Testaments, the emergence of the New Testament, the struggle for the right interpretation of the Scriptures, the problem of inspiration, and modern attempts to explain the Church's New Testament canon theologically. The book concerns the use of historicist techniques of interpretation and appeals to the Rule of Faith as the correct standard for understanding the Scriptures in the Church.

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