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  Muratorian fragment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The fragment lacks its beginning and ending, and is a 7th century Latin manuscript, which internal cues identify as a translation from a Greek original from around 170.
The fragment listed all the works that were accepted as canonical by the churches known to its anonymous compiler.
According to The Catholic Encyclopaedia, lines of the Muratorian fragment are preserved in "some other manuscripts", including codices of Paul's Epistles at the 8th Century abbey of Monte Cassino.
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 Muratorian Canon
Also called the Muratorian Fragment, after the name of the discoverer and first editor, L. Muratori (in the "Antiquitates italicae", III, Milan, 1740, 851 sq.), the oldest known canon or list of books of the New Testament.
The fragment is of the highest importance for the history of the Biblical canon.
A few sentences of the Muratorian Canon are preserved in some other manuscripts, especially in codices of St. Paul's Epistles in Monte Cassino.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/muratorian_canon.html   (316 words)

  
 Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal ...
The first line of the fragment evidently concludes its notice of St. Mark's Gospel; for it proceeds to speak of St. Luke's as in the 3rd place, St. John's in the 4th.
The fragment next says that the Shepherd was written "very lately, in our own time" in the city of Rome, his brother-bishop Pius then occupying the chair of the Roman church; that, therefore, it ought to be read, but not in the public reading of the church.
Peter held, at the earliest date claimed for the fragment, such a position in the Roman church that entire silence in respect to it seems incredible.
www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.Muratorian_Fragment.html   (1258 words)

  
 Muratorian Fragment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Muratorian Fragment is a portion of an early Christian document which contains a discussion of those books, now known as the New Testament, which were accepted by the churches known to the anonymous author of the fragment.
The fragment is written in vulgar Latin, probably of the eighth century, but it is almost certainly a translation of a much earlier Greek document.
The fragment begins with what is probably a mutilated reference to Mark, and Luke and John are then mentioned as the third and fourth gospels, respectively.
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 Muratorian fragment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 Quick Questions (This Rock: January 1993)
Although the Muratorian Fragment is important in studying how the early Church developed the New Testament canon, it doesn't give exactly the same list of books that was later adopted as canonical at the councils of Hippo and Carthage.
The Muratorian Fragment is just that: a fragment of a larger list of books which were considered canonical or quasi-canonical during the second century.
Probably the council fathers studied the (complete) Muratorian Fragment and other documents, including, of course, the books in question themselves, but it was not until these councils that the Church officially settled the issue.
www.catholic.com /thisrock/1993/9301qq.asp   (1203 words)

  
 Muratorian fragment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 Talk:New Testament - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Muratorian fragment need only be mentioned once, there is no need for an additional sentence latter on to mention it again, removing multiple mentions of the same thing is hardly an "anti-Muratorian sentiment".
The traditional date of the fragment, however, was questioned in 1973 by Albert C. Sundberg, Jr, in an article of the Harvard Theological Review that has since been generally ignored or dismissed.
The Muratorian Canon, by an unknown author, is usually dated to the end of the second century; attempts to date it later have been unconvincing, according to Metzger, although McDonald provides an opposite view dating it to much later that contains some persuasive elements.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:New_Testament   (3479 words)

  
 The seekers' guide to the Bible
The Muratorian fragment tells us that Hermas was the brother of Pope Pius I who reigned about 150 AD (if reign is the right word that early on).
The Muratorian canon mentions this along with the Apocalypse of John (that is, Revelation) but says it is not accepted by all.
The fragment is usually dated to about 150 AD by which time the four Gospels would have been in general circulation for the author to draw upon.
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 Muratorian fragment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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 Muratorian Fragment
Certainly I. Peter held, at the earliest date claimed for the fragment, such a position in the Roman church that entire silence in respect to it seems incredible.
the fragment was written in the episcopate of Zephyrinus.
only became active in the Roman church in the episcopate of Zephyrinus, the date of the Muratorian document is settled, for it is clearly anti-Montanist.
www.earlychristianwritings.com /info/muratorian-wace.html   (1195 words)

  
 Do Unto Others Project-Church of the Science of God
The Muratorian Fragment is part of a manuscript codex of 76 parchment leaves, each measuring 11 by 7 inches.
The Muratorian Fragment consists of 85 lines of text found on leaves 10 and 11 of the codex.
The Muratorian Fragment explains that these should not be accepted, “for it is not fitting that gall be mixed with honey.” The document also mentions other texts that were not to be included among the holy writings.
www.dountoothers.org /biblecanon71406.html   (861 words)

  
 Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. X
Perhaps the most striking parallel of all is afforded by the fragment of a dirge of Pindar: "For them shineth below the strength of the sun, while in our world it is night, and the space of crimson-flowered meadow before their city is full of the shade of frankincense trees, and of fruits of gold.
The fragment begins in the middle of an eschatological discourse of Jesus, probably represented as delivered after the resurrection, for verse 5 implies that the disciples had begun to preach the Gospel.
The fragments preserved in the writings of Clement of Alexandria and Methodius probably belonged to the lost end of the book; that preserved by Macarius Magnes may have belonged to the eschatological discourse at the beginning.
www.bible.ca /history/fathers/ANF-10/anf10-10.htm   (1497 words)

  
 The Holy Order of O:N:E:
The Muratorian canon describes the process by which the false biblical Gospel of John came to be written.
From internal evidence the writer of the fragment is believed to belong to the latter half of the second century.
This was supplied by the fragment found in Milan, by the erudite and indefatigable Muratori, about a hundred and fifty years ago.
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 Selection of the four gospels for the canon
We have evidence from the early church fathers and a document called the Muratorian Fragment that the books of the New Testament were well established very early.
Matthew and Mark are missing due to a tear, since the author of the Muratorian refers to the “third book of the gospel.” So only Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter and 3 John are missing from the list.
The Muratorian Fragment includes other books but clearly states that they were not considered to be scripture.
www.neverthirsty.org /pp/series/Life/LH000/LH03.html   (612 words)

  
 BEMBRY.ORG ~ History of the English Bible / New Testament Canon
Most scholars consider that this fragment was written around AD 190, due to internal evidence.3 The text actually is a fragment of a longer manuscript.
The Muratorian Fragment lists as canonical books the Wisdom of Solomon and the Apocalypse of Peter, though it notes that some will not have the latter read in church.
And finally, the Muratorian Fragment notes, very specifically, that a certain book called The Shepherd, or The Pastor, should not be accepted in the canon.
www.bembry.org /bible/translations/nt_canon_essay.php   (3764 words)

  
 THE MURATORIAN FRAGMENT ON THE CANON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
A FRAGMENT ON THE CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Further, the words of the fragment purport to be part of a document at least as early as the second century.
The Muratorian Fragment was noticed by most western scholars when published in 1867 by the eminent textual critic S.P. Tregelles in, Canon Muratorianus: The Earliest Catalogue of the Books of the New Testament.
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 The Muratorian Fragment
The reading of the Fragment, quasi ut uris studiosum, 'as so to speak, one zealous for (or, learned in) the law,' has been variously interpreted and/or emended.
It is significant that the Latin text of the Fragment appears to have been a source for Chromace of Aquileia, who in his commentary on Matthew (written between 398 and 407) refers to Luke as follows: Dominum in carne non vidit, sed quia eruditissimus legis erat quippe qui comes Pauli apostoli...
The Latin text of the fragment, which is believed by most scholars to be a translation from Greek, is full of barbarisms and obscurities.
www.bible-researcher.com /muratorian.html   (1693 words)

  
 TBK - COMPANION TO THE BIBLE I Part 4
A different class of witnesses will next be considered—the ancient Syriac version, the old Latin version, and the Muratorian fragment on the canon of the New Testament—all of which bear testimony to our canonical gospels.
The Muratorian Fragment on the Canon is the name given to a Latin fragment discovered by the Italian scholar, Muratori, in the Ambrosian Library at Milan, in a manuscript bearing the marks of great antiquity.
We do not need the wood of the true cross that we may have redemption through the blood of Christ; nor do we need the identical manuscripts that proceeded from the apostles and their companions, since we have the contents of these manuscripts handed down to us without corruption in any essential particular.
www.truthbeknown.com /companion_to_the_bible_i_04.html   (4361 words)

  
 The Second Century List of the Books of theNew Testament   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
i.e., the "Headless" or "Muratorian Fragment," or "Murator­ian Canon of Scripture," as it is variously called.
Muratorian" because it was discovered and first published by Louis Anthony Muratori, prefect of the Ambrosian Library in Milan, who has published so many valuable works.
And hence Westcott, speaking of the history of the MS., of which the "Fragment" is a part, says "It may therefore probably be of Irish origin or descent."  At any rate, in 1740, Muratori thought the MS.
www.marysyellowstone.com /articles/CW/Second_Century_List_of_New_Testament_Books.htm   (2355 words)

  
 The Apocalypse Of Peter
The fragment here translated was discovered in 1886 by the French Archaeological Mission in an ancient burying-place at Akhmim in Upper Egypt.
The so-called Muratorian Fragment, a list of sacred writings, first published by Muratori in 1740, and found by him in a seventh or eighth century MS.
But even previously to the discovery at Akhmim, the general character of the book had been inferred from the scanty fragments preserved in ancient writers and from the common elements contained in other and later apocalyptic writings which seemed to require some such book as the Revelation of Peter as their ultimate source.
www.coptnet.com /Fathers/09/v9p5.htm   (2306 words)

  
 How Accurate Is The Bible? - page 5
The earliest list of all of the New Testament books is found in a manuscript called the Muratorian fragment (A.D. It is damaged.
Matthew and Mark are probably missing due to the tear since the author of the Muratorian refers to the “third book of the gospel.” So only Hebrews, 1 and 2 Peter and 3 John are missing from the list.
The Muratorian Fragment includes other books but clearly states they were not received.
neverthirsty.org /pp/otherbiblestudies/howaccurateisthebible/accuracy5.html   (598 words)

  
 Muratorian Fragment : The Truth About Da Vinci
Late-second-century document; discovered in the 1700s by a priest named Muratori; an ancient listing of books recog­nized as part of the New Testament canon; called a ‘‘fragment’’ because its first portion is missing.
The Muratorian Fragment demonstrates that most New Testament books were established in the canon no later than the second century.
Accepted by its author were the four gospels, Acts, Paul’s letters, Jude, two letters of John (the second of these may include the two books known today as 2 and 3 John), Revelation, and Wisdom of Solomon.
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 Hypotyposeis: Pun in the Muratorian Canon?
The Muratorian Fragment has a brief remark, fel enim cum melle misceri non congruit "for it is not fitting to mix gall with honey."
Although the Muratorian Fragment lists several second century heretics, it does not list Cerinthus, the heresiarch against whom Irenaeus claimed that the Gospel according to John was written.
Cerinthus means "bee-bread," which Pliny Natural History 11, 17 explains as having a bitter taste : Praeter haec convehitur erithace, quam aliqui sandaracam, alii cerinthum vocant.
www.hypotyposeis.org /weblog/2003/10/pun-in-muratorian-canon.html   (154 words)

  
 The Development of the Canon of the New Testament - Muratorian Canon
The Development of the Canon of the New Testament - Muratorian Canon
Four fragments of the Canon were found in 1897 in four manuscripts of the 11th and 12th centuries in Montecassino.
The beginning and probably also the end of the catalogue are missing.
www.ntcanon.org /Muratorian_Canon.shtml   (694 words)

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