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Title: | Indicators of 'Catholicity' in Early Gospel Manuscripts | Contributor(s): | Charlesworth, Scott (author) | Publication Date: | 2012 | DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199566365.003.0003 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11988 | Abstract: | Two characteristics of early gospel manuscripts - the use of standard-sized codices and wholesale or systematic contraction of nomina sacra - show that Christians arrived at a 'consensus' about standardizing some aspects of gospel manuscript production in the second century. Since the Egyptian evidence is probably representative, the 'consensus' appears to have been 'catholic'. But the terms 'catholic' and 'catholicity' as used here have no reference to later periods. The same manuscripts indicate that standardization developed via informal collaboration and not hierarchical imposition. In terms of history, these indications of 'catholicity', which continue throughout the third century, pose a very significant problem for the 'heterodox'-dominant view of early Christianity. | Publication Type: | Book Chapter | Source of Publication: | The Early Text of the New Testament, p. 37-48 | Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Place of Publication: | Oxford, United Kingdom | ISBN: | 9780199566365 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 200305 Latin and Classical Greek Languages 220401 Christian Studies (incl Biblical Studies and Church History) 220499 Religion and Religious Studies not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 470316 Latin and classical Greek languages 500401 Christian studies 500499 Religious studies not elsewhere classified |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 950406 Religious Traditions (excl. Structures and Rituals) 970122 Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 130503 Religious rituals and traditions (excl. structures) 130502 Religious philosophies and belief systems 280119 Expanding knowledge in philosophy and religious studies |
HERDC Category Description: | B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book | Publisher/associated links: | http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/168804126 | Editor: | Editor(s): Charles E Hill, Michael J Kruger |
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