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Gavin Ortlund discusses the Protestant canon with @javierperd2604 and @CleavetoAntiquity, considering Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox objections, the testimony of church history, and more.

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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.

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00:00 Coming Up
00:17 How the Canon Issue Comes Up
02:59 Infallibility vs. Authority
08:21 Describing Different Canons
14:31 A Fallible List of Infallible Books?
24:26 Engaging Church History
31:02 Jerome and the Council of Rome
40:56 A Two-Tier Canon?
49:52 Variations in the East
53:28 Did Jerome "Submit to the Churches?"
54:34 22 Vs. 24 Book Canons in Church History
58:55 Melito and Early Testimonies
1:10:44 The Quest For Existential Certainty
1:12:02 Wrapping Up