Crossword-Solution: ANTILEGOMENA
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| Antilegomena | n. pl. | Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. |
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| books of the New Testament not part of early Christian Bible | 1 answer |
| NEW Testament book whose inspiration was not at first universally acknowledged by the Church | 5 answers |
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Although perhaps the best authenticated work in the New Testament collection, its millenarian doctrines caused it to become unpopular as the Church gradually ceased to look for the speedy return of the Messiah, and, accordingly, as the canon assumed a definite shape, it was placed among the "Antilegomena," or doubtful books, and continued to hold a precarious position until after the time of the Protestant Reformation.
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 canon was not, however, completed in its present form; for the right of certain books--the so-called _antilegomena_, chap.
With regard to the main body of the writings included in our New Testament there was absolutely no question; but there existed a margin of _antilegomena_ or disputed books, about which differences of opinion existed, or had existed.
The inventive minds of scholars designated a group of writings in the Alexandrian canon as "Antilegomena." The historian of dogma can take no great interest in the succeeding development, which first led to the canon being everywhere finally fixed, so far as we can say that this was ever the case.