311. I agree with Marxsen-and, in their ways, also Bulhnann and Knox-that...

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I agree with Marxsen-and, in their ways, also Bulhnann and Knox-that
three things, all historically contingent, belong together:
1. the once-for-all revelation of God decisively through Jesus;
2.
the once-for-all apostolate, i.e., the earliest, the original and originating, and therefore constitutive Christian community through whose faith this oncefor-all revelation is received; and
3.
the closed canon, i.e., the witness of faith in this revelation by this constitutive Christian community, which is "the canon before the canon (of the New Testament or scripture)" and, as such, the canon of the Christian church.
21 April 2008; rev. 26 October 2009