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Judas’ betrayal of Jesus as portrayed by Caravaggio.

What Are the Apocryphal Gospels?


These diverse ancient works expand upon the four canonical Gospels in creative and sometimes subversive ways.

Markus Bockmuehl and Jacob Rodriguez

February 4, 2025

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Paul and the Septuagint Canon


What do the apostle’s quotations of the Septuagint tell us about his view of the Old Testament canon?

Edmon L. Gallagher

November 12, 2024

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Codex Sinaiticus is one of the earliest Bibles to include both testaments. Illustration by Peter Gurry.

How the Two Testaments Became One Bible


When production of two-testament Bibles began in the fourth century, the notion already had centuries of precedent.

Michael Dormandy

May 21, 2024

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A scene from Albrecht Dürer’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” (1498). Source

The Fall and Rise of Revelation


Revelation was used widely in the early church, then doubted in the East in the fourth century, but eventually accepted again.

T. C. Schmidt

May 7, 2024

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The Silos Apocalypse

A depiction of Rev. 12 in the Silos Apocalypse (11th c.). Add MS 11695

Revelation’s Place in the Greek Bible


The history of the Apocalypse in the Greek manuscripts reveals that its place at the end is not uniform.

Clark R. Bates

October 11, 2022

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Martin Luther revolutionized access to the Bible through his German translation. This statue stands in Dresden, Germany at the Frauenkirche.

The Day the Bible Became a Bestseller


Martin Luther didn’t set out to produce a bestseller. But 500 years ago that’s exactly what he did.

Jeffrey Kloha

September 21, 2022

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Stylized image of the Council of Nicaea

Illustration by Josh Koch from a fresco of the Council of Nicaea in the Basilica of St. Nicholas.

Did Nicaea Really Create the Bible?


Debunking the popular myth that a Roman emperor and a fourth-century church council decided the canon

John D. Meade

November 11, 2021

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Portraits of the four evangelists from GA 773 (10th c.)

Portraits of the four evangelists from GA 773 (10th c.)

Why There Are Just Four Gospels in the Bible


Despite tales of conspiracy, there are good historical and theological reasons why the Church recognized four—and only four—Gospels.

C. E. Hill

November 7, 2021

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An illustration of Jerome and Augustine

Paintings of Jerome and Augustine. Illustration by Peter Gurry and Josh Koch.

Why Are Protestant and Catholic Bibles Different?


Knowledge of the Bible’s history clears away the caricatures and misinformation swirling around this common question.

John D. Meade

November 7, 2021

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Painting of St. Peter by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni

How 2 Peter Made It into the Bible


The story of how the most doubted book in the New Testament was recognized as canonical

Darian R. Lockett

November 7, 2021

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