06-15-2005, 06:05 PM
The peshitta had most of the epistles in its early canon.
The only ones that were not included were the same ones, that did not make the other early NT lists.
Namely 2 peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude and Revelation. All the other NT books made it in. These books being later writings were the most recently debated, so they were not included in even the western Canons until around nearly 400 Ad.
so I don't know what your friend is talking about.... The epistles are scripture, in that they are in the canon. I do know however that some people do not like the epistels. Like I've heard some people who are Messianic jews and very extreme, to the point of being Judaisers. So many of them consider PAul a false apostle because some things he said, regarding the nature of the law, the gentiles etc. And they would completely disregard him and his epistles.
But that opinion is not the norm by any means....
The only ones that were not included were the same ones, that did not make the other early NT lists.
Namely 2 peter, 2 and 3 John, Jude and Revelation. All the other NT books made it in. These books being later writings were the most recently debated, so they were not included in even the western Canons until around nearly 400 Ad.
so I don't know what your friend is talking about.... The epistles are scripture, in that they are in the canon. I do know however that some people do not like the epistels. Like I've heard some people who are Messianic jews and very extreme, to the point of being Judaisers. So many of them consider PAul a false apostle because some things he said, regarding the nature of the law, the gentiles etc. And they would completely disregard him and his epistles.
But that opinion is not the norm by any means....