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Is the idea of a canon, a list of sacred writings which are looked at possessing divine authority, itself biblical?

正典这一观念，即一份被视为拥有神圣权威的神圣著作清单，它本身是否合乎圣经？

In other words, Does the Bible teach the idea of a canon?

换句话说，圣经是否教导正典这一观念？

This question is even more urgent to answer in light of the fact that the term canon, is never used of a list of writings possessing final authority in the Bible.

鉴于正典这个术语从未在圣经中用于指拥有最终权威的著作清单这一事实，这个问题回答起来更加紧迫。

While the term, canon, is never used of a list of sacred writings in the pages of Holy Scripture, the idea it represents is present everywhere in the New Testament.

虽然正典这个术语从未在圣经的书页中用于指神圣著作的清单，但它所代表的观念在新约中处处可见。

This is another case where church history has properly given us a word to describe a biblical idea.

这是教会历史恰当地给我们提供一个词语来描述圣经观念的另一个例子。

Similarly, the term, Trinity, is not itself biblical, but it brings out and summarizes a biblical idea.

同样，三位一体这个术语本身不是圣经的，但它揭示并总结了一个圣经观念。

The idea of a canon, an official collection of sacred writings, is logically implied in any view of Scripture which regards Scripture as possessing unique, one-of-a-kind authority.

正典这一观念，即神圣著作的正式集合，在任何将圣经视为拥有独特的、独一无二权威的圣经观中都被逻辑地暗含其中。

This view is especially suggested by any view of Scripture which regards the Holy Scriptures as divine, infallible, and inerrant.

这一观点尤其被任何将圣经视为神圣的、无误的和无谬的圣经观所暗示。

This kind of view is, however, the Scripture’s own view of itself.

然而，这种观点正是圣经对自身的看法。

The New Testament everywhere views the Old Testament not only as having unique authority, but as divine, infallible, and inerrant.

新约处处将旧约不仅视为拥有独特权威，而且视为神圣的、无误的和无谬的。

This view of the Old Testament requires by the strictest logical necessity the idea of canon.

这种对旧约的看法以最严格的逻辑必然性要求正典这一观念。

The reason for this is that this view requires a clear distinction, an emphatic boundary between what is and what is not Scripture.

其原因是这种看法要求在什么是圣经和什么不是圣经之间有一个清晰的区分，一个明确的界限。

A boundary line of this character is drawn by means of the canon, the list of those books which are different than all others in that they are divine and inerrant.

这种性质的界限是通过正典来划定的，即那些与所有其他书卷不同的书卷的清单，因为它们是神圣的和无谬的。

Such a distinction, such a boundary line can be provided only by the idea of canon.

这样的区分，这样的界限只能由正典这一观念来提供。

Table of Contents

目录

PART ONE: THE APPROACH TO THE CANON

第一部分：正典的进路

PART TWO: THE DEBATE OVER THE CANON

第二部分：关于正典的辩论

PART THREE: THE ATTESTATION OF THE CANON

第三部分：正典的见证

PART FOUR: THE FORM OF THE CANON

第四部分：正典的形式

PART FIVE: THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CANON

第五部分：正典的接受

II. The Early Heresies

二、早期异端