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Who here has the courage to reject the Pericope Adulterae?
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@Shamasha Paul: "poisoning the well (ie, western therefore illegitimate)" is not a good debate tactic; neither is falsely attributing a position to one's opponent. I never said there was only one set of fathers. The P/A is part of the Greek and Latin mss traditions, and was believed by Ss Epiphanius, Jerome, and Augustine. See <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/TCG/TC-John-PA.pdf">http://www-user.uni-bremen.de/~wie/TCG/TC-John-PA.pdf</a><!-- m --> for further elaboration on how widespread it really was - including Syriac sources (eg Didascalia, Apostolic Constitutions: "The text can be reconstructed from the Apostolic Constitutions, a few Greek fragments, a complete Syriac translation, an old Latin translation of about half, and the Arabic and Ethiopic Didascalia that depend on the Didascalia Apostolorum. [J. Quasten (Patrology, 1958, vol. 2, pp. 147-148])." This is also not exclusively a scientific discussion, as it also hinges on the question of church authority; ie who has the final say-so as to canonicity. This being the case, your reference to the Ethiopian church is somewhat self-defeating, as she has a number of books in her bible recognised by no other church. These decisions are not made by scientists per se, but by scholars within the church having both the authority and expertise to make them. "Going with the majority" is what you as an ordained church officer (should) do routinely, and is a good idea for unordained members. Your thoughts?
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Re: Who here has the courage to reject the Pericope Adultera - by dr p - 02-23-2011, 12:07 PM
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