01-15-2008, 09:22 PM
Shlama Dave,
I realize this very much and thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. I was speaking purely on the method employed by various "councils" as to how they determine what is and what is not to be included in Canon.
Your Canon, Dave, of which I respect, is entirely different from some of the canononical lists developed out of Africa or from the version of the Peshitta Tanakh in which I referenced. No doubt they too believed they were being lead by Rukha d'Kudsha in their selection of texts for a "canon". I'm not going to sit here and judge them. They made the choice to include what their tradition and what they probably believed Holy Spirit lead them to do.
So, on a spiritual side, I don't believe MarYah Alaha gives us that luxery, as you said, of picking and choosing what we like and we don't - even though we do it all the time. But speaking purely in view of "councils" and their process as well as their long revered traditions, sometimes those traditions can get in the way of hearing what the Spirit is saying, but at other times, is it out of the realm of possibility that some tradition and process is sanctioned by Rukha d'Kudsha?
At the same time, it still boils down to a personal choice - whether that choice is with Alaha or not. You make the choice to believe in the inspiration of the "Western 5" and believe that choice is based on being guided by Holy Spirit. Some other guy could say he made the choice not to choose to believe in the inspiration of the "Western 5" based on his belief in being guided by Holy Spirit. I don't want to turn this into a theological debate as to who's right and who's wrong. I just wanted to clarify what I said above.
Thanks,
Ya'aqub
I realize this very much and thank you for sharing your thoughts on this. I was speaking purely on the method employed by various "councils" as to how they determine what is and what is not to be included in Canon.
Your Canon, Dave, of which I respect, is entirely different from some of the canononical lists developed out of Africa or from the version of the Peshitta Tanakh in which I referenced. No doubt they too believed they were being lead by Rukha d'Kudsha in their selection of texts for a "canon". I'm not going to sit here and judge them. They made the choice to include what their tradition and what they probably believed Holy Spirit lead them to do.
So, on a spiritual side, I don't believe MarYah Alaha gives us that luxery, as you said, of picking and choosing what we like and we don't - even though we do it all the time. But speaking purely in view of "councils" and their process as well as their long revered traditions, sometimes those traditions can get in the way of hearing what the Spirit is saying, but at other times, is it out of the realm of possibility that some tradition and process is sanctioned by Rukha d'Kudsha?
At the same time, it still boils down to a personal choice - whether that choice is with Alaha or not. You make the choice to believe in the inspiration of the "Western 5" and believe that choice is based on being guided by Holy Spirit. Some other guy could say he made the choice not to choose to believe in the inspiration of the "Western 5" based on his belief in being guided by Holy Spirit. I don't want to turn this into a theological debate as to who's right and who's wrong. I just wanted to clarify what I said above.
Thanks,
Ya'aqub