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27 books mentioned in Nestorian tablet (?)
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Paul Younan Wrote:I think it's important to take a step back here. The Church of the East has never declared a "canon" in the sense that the Western Church has. By 22 books being considered "canonical", we mean that they are read from during the liturgy - by the deacons primarily as the Qasha reads the Gospel only. The appointed readings during each reading of the "Shawaye" ("sevens"), which are the major divisions of our calendar, only come from the 22 books of the ancient manuscripts. We have no appointed readings from these other books.

I agree with what Paul said. Catholic and Orthodox as far as I know never closed the canon. In the Acts of the Council of Trent, there is a discussion on whether or not the canon should be closed? It was agreed that the canon should not be closed. It happens because the Church Fathers distinguish between canon for liturgical reading and canon of scripture. The later is only recognizing the inspiration of Holy Spirit without closing the canon. This is why in Eastern Orthodox to this day the book of Revelation is never read during the divine liturgy because it's never canonized for liturgical reading.

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Re: 27 books mentioned in Nestorian tablet (?) - by adithia.kusno - 10-03-2014, 01:06 AM

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