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Post by melinky on Dec 27, 2004 14:04:02 GMT -5
Definition please???
I understand this to be a theory or doctrine that adheres to the approved books of the Bible. I think there are some finer points to the word, but I'll leave that to the scholars.
Melinda
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Post by fairbank on Jan 15, 2005 4:46:54 GMT -5
Melinda, great question.
Canoncal: from the Latin "canos" meaning "a standard of measurement." Latin scholars let me know. I am a bit rusty there. I know it derives from the Greek "kanon" (with a long o) meaning "measuring rod or ruler", and by extension, a "rule, measure, or standard". This may have been borrowed from the Hebrew "qaneh" referring to a measuring reed six cubits long.
The canon of scripture is literally comprised of books that "measure" up to certain standards. As a whole, the scriptures are the standard against which our lives are measured.
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Post by Soulfyre on Jan 17, 2005 17:31:07 GMT -5
fairbank, I made a slight "conjectural emendation" to your previous definition. The most proximate source of "canon" was from the Greek, from which it was adopted into the Romance languages, of which the mother was Latin, by transliteration. Hence, the Latin would be "canon" as well. Canon is also used in a more broadly adjectival sense within the historic church to refer to authorized collections of liturgical material and to legal pronouncements. But when referring in its most specific sense to scripture, your final sentence says it all, and says it well. Thank you and God bless and keep you and yours, Matthew (soulfyre)
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