03-09-2011, 05:31 AM
Paul Younan Wrote:...canonicity is something that, to our tradition, is strictly defined: it must have been written by one of the Apostles, or their immediate successors.
Akhi, you have perked my curiosity but since we don't yet know each other well I should give some disclaimers. Please don't take my questions as mean hole-poking; I just like things to make cohesive sense to me and I gravitate to apparent inconsistencies so to have them clarified or repaired. Also, I'm not a big fan of Dave here so far, so I'm not trying to score points for him.
All that said however, I must humbly ask: In your view, how does Luqa fit into your above canonicity algorithm? Are Luqa's books acceptable because of the tradition that Luqa wrote for Shaul/Paulus, or is there some other extenuating rule? I ask because I am not aware of Luqa being either Shlikha(sp?) or successor to one.