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- CANON: REVIEW
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- 1. How many books do both Protestants and Roman Catholics agree comprise the Old Testament?
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- 2. What is the standard a book must meet in order to be recognized as canonical?
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- 3. What New Testament verse speaks about all the Scriptures (referring to the Old Testament) as "God-breathed" or inspired?
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- 4. How was the Old Testament canon formed?
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- A. By an official declaration of a church council.
- B. By a decree from the high priest of the nation of Israel.
- C. As a process of God's people, as a community, recognizing books that were the word of God.
- D. When each individual believer decided which books to follow.
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- 5. Who wrote the first book to be recognized as canonical by the Hebrew people?
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- 6. What two things do we mean when we say the Bible is canonical?
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- 7. What three tests finally confirm the inspiration and, therefore, the canonicity of a book?
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- 8. How many books from the Apocrypha were declared canonical by the Roman Catholic church?
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- 9. What is the alternative term used to describe the Apocryphal books?
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- 10. The name of the Greek version of the Old Testament is:
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- A. Susanna
- B. Septuagint
- C. Second Maccabees
- D. Second Esdras