The Canon of Scripture – 1689 1.2

Introduction

 

What constitutes Holy Scripture? Which books belong in the Bible, and which do not? These questions are answered in paragraphs two & three of chapter one of the confession. Today we’ll consider paragraph two and the sixty-six books of the Holy Scriptures.

The 1689 Second London Confession of Faith (1.2)

Under the name of Holy Scripture, or the Word of God written, are now contained all the books of the Old and New Testaments,