tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869485580444897612.post6393505842547720978..comments2023-12-30T07:59:59.994-06:00Comments on Our Beans: The Term "Deuterocanonical"Ed Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09304631281634219161noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869485580444897612.post-79739034956823904902023-06-19T07:03:40.310-05:002023-06-19T07:03:40.310-05:00Scott,
I don't think Sixtus provides specifi...Scott, <br /><br />I don't think Sixtus provides specific clues about his thinking on this question. I would guess that he would say that even before Trent it had been generally determined that the deuterocanonical writings held "irrefutable authority." On the other hand, according to my own survey of medieval opinion, there was significant disagreement about whether the deuterocanonical literature was on par with the protocanonical literature. Ed Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09304631281634219161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7869485580444897612.post-42494168886525831472023-06-18T17:56:40.234-05:002023-06-18T17:56:40.234-05:00When Sixtus says:
Then, after some time, as Rufin...When Sixtus says:<br /><br /><i>Then, after some time, as Rufinus writes in the Symbolum, among all the faithful they concede [them] to be read, not for the confirmation of doctrines, but merely for the instruction of the people; and because they are read publicly in the church, they call them Ecclesiastical. But finally they wished [them] to be taken up into the writings of irrefutable authority.</i><br /><br />Is there anything in the context of his writing that suggests when "finally" is? Is he referring to the decision at the Council of Trent or some other undefined time of acceptance between the time of Rufinus and Trent? Since that's over a millennia, it seems he would be more specific but if hi writing is about the decisions at Trent, that might explain his dearth of detail. Surely an established Latin tradition emerges in that period, but how does one put a date on it?Scott Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06553047245729094897noreply@blogger.com