Crossword-Solution: HOMOLOGOUMENA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Homologoumena | n. pl. | Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena. |
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| NEW Testament books agreed to by the Church | 1 answer |
| the books of the New Testament whose authenticity was universally acknowledged in the early Church | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
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Hence the distinction made by Eusebius between the _acknowledged_ books, (_homologoumena_) that is, those that were universally received from the first, and the _disputed_ books, (_antilegomena_,) books respecting which some entertained doubts.
The books of the New Testament have been for 1,500 years divided into two classes: the _acknowledged_ ([Greek: homologoumena]), which it has always been paradox not to receive; and the _controverted_ ([Greek: antilegomena]), about which there has always been that difference of opinion which no scholar overlooks, however he may decide for himself after balance of evidence.
The Reformer, as also his successors, made a distinction between the books of the New Testament similar to that of the Old; the _generally received_ (homologoumena) and _controverted_ books (antilegomena); but the Calvinists afterwards obliterated it, as the Roman Catholics at the Council of Trent did with the old Testament.(362) The epistle to the Hebrews, those of Jude and James, with the Apocalypse, belong to the latter class.