01499nam a2200313 a 4500 20260119071420.0 2024-06-25 10:09:45 eng 229.061 M479-L48 McDonald, Lee Martin 1942- Author Forgotten Scriptures The Selection and Rejection of Early Religious Writings Lee Martin McDonald U.S.A. Westminster John Knox Press 2009 313tr. Paperback, illustration 23 cm We know that the early Christian church had a variety of scriptures and other source material that informed their faith and shaped their thinking. We also know that after a few centuries the church decided to keep the twenty-seven books of our present New Testament and to treat them as canonical in faith and practice. But the other books did not simply disappear. In fact, many of them remain valuable for understanding the diversity of the early Christian church and the astounding claims of faith on which the church was founded. Learning about these ancient documents need not threaten the church's current orthodoxy and authority Bible -- Canon Apocryphal books -- Criticism, interpretation, etc https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/14874/519pnywrrol-sl1400.jpg Cover Image Huỳnh Thị Ngọc Bích 231010 TKH 14725 14725 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-14725 0.00 BK