4-week class with James Rochford

Have you ever wondered how we know which books belong in the Bible? Are you prepared to answer these questions?

• Why are the Apocrypha in some Bibles, but not in others? Why did church fathers like Augustine accept the Apocrypha, and why does the Septuagint include it in its translation?
• Why did it take until AD 367 before we had a complete list of the 27 New Testament books? Does this mean that Christians didn’t know the canon for three centuries?
• What are the Gnostic Gospels? Why don’t we include these apocryphal Gospels in our Bibles today?
• Did later church councils make political power plays to accept some books, and reject others? What role did the Roman Emperor Constantine play in the formation of the canon?

In other words, when was the canon established, who made these decisions, and on what basis? In this course, we will give a theological, philosophical, and historical assessment of these questions and offer a careful defense of the canon of Scripture.

Wednesday nights, 7 - 9:30pm

May 21 - June 11

$40/standard or $12/reduced