AH Challenge: Different Christianity.

The Biblical canon of OTL nearly included the Shepherd of Hermas, and excluded Revelation. Suppose that that does happen. How does Christianity develop with a different canon? For people like The_lynzienian, arguments that "God willed it be this way" don't apply. As a Christian, I'm going to right now state that for the religious, we'll presume God willed a different canon to come into existence. One that until (if) a Reformation analogue comes along, includes the Deuterocanonical/Apocrypha, the modern-day Tanakh/OT, and in the New Testament, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the Didache, in place of the Apocalypse of John and the Second Epistle of Peter. How does that change Christianity?

What forms of fundamentalism might emerge, and before modernism, radical sects based on these teachings? How does this canon impact the Christological debates and then Islam through Muhammad? What impact does a Revelation-less canon have on Millenialism, Christian style?

Again, for the Pentecostals and other types, we're going to say God favored this change. For the normal, garden-variety non-Christian AH.commer, that the Councils choose something else.

Discuss.
 
The Biblical canon of OTL nearly included the Shepherd of Hermas, and excluded Revelation. Suppose that that does happen. How does Christianity develop with a different canon? For people like The_lynzienian, arguments that "God willed it be this way" don't apply. As a Christian, I'm going to right now state that for the religious, we'll presume God willed a different canon to come into existence. One that until (if) a Reformation analogue comes along, includes the Deuterocanonical/Apocrypha, the modern-day Tanakh/OT, and in the New Testament, the Shepherd of Hermas, and the Didache, in place of the Apocalypse of John and the Second Epistle of Peter. How does that change Christianity?

What forms of fundamentalism might emerge, and before modernism, radical sects based on these teachings? How does this canon impact the Christological debates and then Islam through Muhammad? What impact does a Revelation-less canon have on Millenialism, Christian style?

Again, for the Pentecostals and other types, we're going to say God favored this change. For the normal, garden-variety non-Christian AH.commer, that the Councils choose something else.

Discuss.

Well, the incredible schimatizing power of Revelations would be gone (how many sects/denominations have split/benn formed due to arguments over Revelation? Pre-mllenianism, post-millenianism, etc.

Shepard of Herma I am not famialear with, Didache I've heard of, but not studied.
 

Jasen777

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No Revelation might not mean any direct changes until the raise of dispensationalism in the 19th century (likely wouldn't happen).

Shepherd of Hermas was rejected for not being of apostolic origin and for having adoptionist views. If it maintains canonical status you could get a completely difference concept of the Trinity.
 
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