Canon
The word canon has multiple meanings. In the Christian context, it refers on the one hand to the Bible as a collection of sacred writings (cf. art. Scripture) and on the other hand to the foundation or elementary contents of the Christian faith. The relationship between the two is a topic handled wi...
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| Format: | Electronic Dictionary entry/article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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SysLex
Year: 2025 |
| Further subjects: | B
Church
B Confession B Revelation B Scripture B Tradition B Word of God B Faith |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | The word canon has multiple meanings. In the Christian context, it refers on the one hand to the Bible as a collection of sacred writings (cf. art. Scripture) and on the other hand to the foundation or elementary contents of the Christian faith. The relationship between the two is a topic handled within fundamental theology as well as within material dogmatics (cf. art. Dogmatic Theology). The latter disciplines also deal with the biblical canon and biblical hermeneutics, where, in its function as Holy Scripture, the Bible has a normative status that is yet-to-be-determined more precisely not only in the context of proclamation and the life of the Church but also in all of the theological disciplines (cf. art. Theology). However, the extent to which this applies to, and how it manifests itself concretely in, theological work is the subject of ongoing debate. |
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| ISSN: | 3052-685X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: SysLex
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