Foot notes: 1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-ochs-phd/what-is-scripture_b_756262.html 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism; http://www.lds.org/topic/bible/; www.mormon.

org/book-ofmormon/ The Mormon scriptural canon also includes a collection of revelations and writings contained in the Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price Those books, as well as the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible, have varying degrees of acceptance as divine scripture among the different denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_theology The Magisterium includes those pronouncements of the pope that are considered infallible, as well as the pronouncements of ecumenical councils and those of the college of bishops in union with the pope when they condemn false interpretations of scripture or define truths. 4. http://www.scripturecatholic.com/ 5. Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 663 6. Early Writings, p. 78 7. Letter 130, 1901 8. Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 660 9. Seventh-day Adventists Believe, p. 247 10. William, D. Mounce, Analytical Lexicon to the Greek New Testament Singular: graphe (nom. Sing.), graphon (accus. Sing.), graphos (gen. sing.), graphetai (pres. Pass. Subj sing) Plural: graphomen (act nd. Plural), grapheme (pass ptcp acc. Plural) 11. Liddell & Scott, Greek/English Lexicon, 9th Ed. 12. Bullingers Critical Lexicon and Concordance, (p. 670) 13. Samuel Loveland, Greek Lexicon 14. Vines Expository Dictionary, 14th Ed. (p. 329) 15. Wesley J. Perschbacher, The New Analytical Greek Lexicon, p. 83 16. Vines Expository Dictionary, 14th Ed. (p. 329) 17. JW Roberts, Every Scripture . . . , www.acu.edu Restoration Quarterly Archives, Vol. 5, No. 1 18. I thirst- John 19:28 quoting Ps. 69:21 19. N. Ehrenstrom and G. Gassman, Confessions in Dialogue: A Survey of bilateral Conversations among World confessinoal families 1959-1974, p. 150 NT Wright, How Can The Bible Be Authoritative? The Laing Lecture 1989 Professor Wright goes on to say: Most of the Bible does not consist of rules and regulationslists of commands to be obeyed. Nor does it consist of creedslists of things to be believed. And often, when there ARE lists of rules or of creedal statements, they seem to be somewhat incidental to the purpose of the writing in question. One might even say, in one (admittedly limited) sense, that there is no biblical doctrine of the authority of the Bible. For the most part the Bible itself is much more concerned with doing a whole range of other things rather than talking about itself. . . a doctrine usually has to be inferred. http://www.ntwrightpage.com/Wright_Bible_Authoritative.htm 20. Miller, op. cit., p. 44 (Also included- Romans 15:4; Acts 18:24,28) 21. Gerhard Hasel, Divine Inspiration of the Canon of the Bible, Ibid, Vol., No. 1, p. 86 22. Gerhard Hasel, Divine Inspiration of the Canon of the Bible, Journal of the Adventist Theological Society, Vol., No. 1, p. 83,84 23. Gerhard Hasel, Divine Inspiration of the Canon of the Bible, JATS, Vol., No. 1, p. 77 Hasel goes on to note: The phrase the word of the Lord (debar Yahweh) is used 269 times in 28 different books in the OT. The parallel expressions, words of the Lord (kebrey Yahweh), is used 17 times in eight books# and words of God (dibrey Elohim),# appears three times. The phrase, word of the Lord God (debar Adonay Yahweh), appears a few times.# So does the phrase word of God (debar ha Elohim). (Ibid, p. 83,84) 24. FF Bruce, The Canon of Scripture, p. 265 25. Hasel, Divine Inspiration of the Canon of the Bible, Ibid, Vol., No. 1, p. 81

Interestingly, Hasel goes on to say: The apostle Paul also speaks in Romans 16:26 of the Scriptures of the prophets. This expression refers to the entire OT writings and not simply to a part of it. It gives testimony to the fact that the writers of all the Scriptures, the entire OT, are perceived as prophets.# 26. Gerhard Hasel, Divine Inspiration of the Canon of the Bible, JATS, Vol., No. 1, p. 80 Dr. Hasel goes on to say- Prophecy, as the term is used in 2 Peter 1:21, is connected with the phrase prophecy of Scripture in vs. 20. It is not restricted to the so-called prophetic parts or books of Scripture alone. That is, it is not restricted to the second part of the Hebrew canon. . . 27. Hasel, Divine Inspiration of the Canon of the Bible, Ibid, Vol., No. 1, p. 81 28. HS Miller, General Biblical Introduction, p. 46 29. Lk 4:21; 22:37; Mk 12:10; Matt. 26:54; Jn 7:38; 10:35; 13:18; 17:12; 19:24, 28, 36-38; etc. 30. This truth is very clearly stated in the following statement- Jesus Christ is the focus of Scripture. . . every book, either through symbol or reality, reveals some phase of His work and character. (Seventh-Day Adventists Believe, p. 13) 31. broken (luo)- to break up, to unbind, all the ties are broken, undo, dissolve into parts (Liddell & Scott, Greek English Lexicon; Walter Bauer, Greek-English Lexicon) 32. David Ewert, A General Introduction to the Bible, p. 25,26 33. The subject of the inerrancy and infallibility of Scripture is beyond the scope of this article. The issues underlying the alleged mistakes, errors and contradictions will be the focus of a later study. 34. Seventh-Day Adventists Believe, Ed. 2005, p. 20, 21 35. Seventh-Day Adventists Believe, Ed. 2005, p. 13 36. The book of Esther is a clear example of this. Although God is not mentioned by name, His working is clearly seen in the miraculous events that take place with Esther and Mordecai. 37. Evidence that Paul cites Luke's Gospel can be seen from a comparison of the Greek: Luke 10:7 - ... axios gar ho ergates tou misthou autou. 1 Timothy 5:18 - ... axios ho ergates tou misthou autou. 38. Douglas J. Moo, The NIV Application Commentary: 2 Peter, Jude, p. 212 The implicit point Peter is making emerges from his claim that the false teachers distort Paul's letters as they do the other Scriptures. The word other (loipos) shows that Peter considers the letters of Paul to belong to the category of Scripture. Some scholars think that this means no more than that Peter considered Paul's writings to be authoritative. But the word Scriptures (graphai) ALWAYS REFERS IN THE NEW TESTAMENT TO THOSE WRITINGS CONSIDERED NOT ONLY AUTHORITATIVE BUT CANONICAL Peter therefore implies that the letters of Paul have a status EQUIVALENT to that of the canon of the Old Testament itself. (emphasis added) 39. FF Bruce, The Canon of Scripture, p. 120 40. Gerhard Hasel, Divine Inspiration of the Canon of the Bible, Ibid, Vol., No. 1, p. 87 41. Selected Messages, Book 1, pg. 19 The illuminated soul sees a spiritual unity, one grand golden thread running through the whole, but it requires patience, thought, and prayer to trace out the precious golden thread.