First, starting this class got me excited and nervous at the same time because I didn't know what to expect or think about this class. I am ready to see what this class offers me, and I am prepared to learn more about God and the Bible because if you have wisdom and knowledge regarding knowing God, you can go a long way in life and understanding things. I hope this class
teaches me what I want to know about life and God. Today, I will do a reflection paper on Cannon and what Cannon is.
First, the Canon is a collection of 27 books received as in the New Testament Scriptures. History of the canon talks about the history of the process that was brought together and the Scriptures officially recognized. The Canon is the foremost collection of the scriptural books God has given his corporate people. These books were grouped by God's people relatively early, with the OT being settled and stable by the birth of Jesus at the latest and the NT gaining significant agreement even before the end of the second century. Scholars now believe that the stories that would become the Bible were disseminated by word of mouth across the centuries through oral tales and poetry perhaps as a means of forging a collective identity among the tribes of Israel. Eventually, these stories were collated and written down. The Canon contained four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The books of Acts 21 state that one book of a strict revelatory character is Revelation. All this was unnecessary for the old writers, not equally relevant, and not directed by the Church.
In conclusion, Canon's primary purpose was to centralize Christian teaching and worship behind one flagstaff collection of books. "A fundamental prerequisite for canonicity was conformity to the rule of faith, which is the congruity of a given document with the essential human tradition recognized as normative by the Church. The Canon in the New Testament talks about the different sets of books that many modern Christians are divinely inspired by and
