Jesus: The apex of biblical canons

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies

 
 
Field Value
 
Title Jesus: The apex of biblical canons
 
Creator Loba Mkole, Jean-Claude
 
Subject Biblical Studies; Biblical Canonical Criticism; New Testament Studies; Cultural Studies Jesus; apex; authority; biblical canons; intercultural approach; Roman Catholic Church; Protestant Church
Description This article aims at showing how Jesus is the apex of biblical canons, the authority that grants the status of sacredness to Christian, canonical and biblical books. It uses an intercultural approach involving three cultural frames of reference whereby the Protestant Church leadership will represent a contemporary culture, while the Roman Catholic Church stands for traditional church culture, and Jesus’ authority reflects an original biblical culture. Consequently, the article consists of three parts: the impact of Scripture on the contemporary Protestant Church in Africa, the authority of biblical canon in the Roman Catholic Church and Jesus’ authority in original biblical cultures.Contribution: The article has established that in the biblical cultures, Jesus’ authority is recognised in canonical gospels and in extra canonical writings. In the Catholic Church, this authority is celebrated in the liturgy, expanded from the canonical biblical books and translated into the canon law. In the current Protestant Church in Africa, Jesus’ authority empowers the ministers to significantly impact their audiences.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2022-05-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literary Analysis; Intercultural Approach
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/hts.v78i4.7189
 
Source HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 78, No 4 (2022); 9 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Africa and beyond — —
Rights Copyright (c) 2022 Jean-Claude Loba Mkole https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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