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1 | What was the apostles doctrine? | Titus 2:1 | GRAN16 | 82179 | ||
What was the apostles doctrine? | ||||||
2 | What was the apostles doctrine? | Titus 2:1 | Dan58 | 82246 | ||
Doctrine refers to the teachings of the apostles. here in Tit 2:1 the exortation is for Titus to stick to solid teaching. Amplified version interestingly comments on doctrine as the character that identifies Christians. It seems to me this is an ok extension of the idea of doctrine but other ideas can be developed just as well. Sound doctrine might be understood as the basic teachings of christianity - death, burial, resurection, Holy Spirit, . . . . Sound doctrine might, in this verse, be an exortation to use illustrations and ideas that are fitting for a teacher with integrity. I get this idea by reading . . . fitting for sound pedagogy. For apostles doctrine (not seen in this verse) check out Acts 2:42 where the early christians were spending a lot of time listening to the Apostles teach. Or 2 Cor 11 where the office of apostle is described. For the idea of a stable body of teaching that might have been available in an early form of a book of doctrine consider this part of the article on doctrine: DOCTRINE 3. Apostolic Doctrines: The earliest teaching of the apostles consisted essentially of three propositions: (a) that Jesus was the Christ (Acts 3:18); (b) that He was risen from the dead (Acts 1:22; 2:24,32); and (c) that salvation was by faith in His name (Acts 2:38; 3:16). While proclaiming these truths, it was necessary to coordinate them with Hebrew faith, as based upon Old Testament revelation. The method of the earliest reconstruction may be gathered from the speeches of Peter and Stephen (Acts 2:14-36; 5:29-32; 7:2-53). A more thorough reconstruction of the coordination of the Christian facts, not only with Hebrew history, but with universal history, and with a view of the world as a whole, was undertaken by Paul. Both types of doctrine are found in his speeches in Acts, the former type in that delivered at Antioch (13:16-41), and the latter in the speeches delivered at Lystra (14:15-17) and at Athens (17:22-31). The ideas given in outline in these speeches are more fully developed into a doctrinal system, with its center removed from the resurrection to the death of Christ, in the epistles, especially in Galatians, Romans, Ephesians, Philippians and Colossians. But as yet it is the theological system of one teacher, and there is no sign of any attempt to impose it by authority on the church as a whole. As a matter of fact the Pauline system never was generally accepted by the church. Compare James and the Apostolic Fathers.. 4. Beginnings of Dogma: In the Pastoral and General Epistles a new state of things appears. The repeated emphasis on "sound" or "healthy doctrine" (1 Tim 1:10; 6:3; 2 Tim 1:13; 4:3; Titus 1:9; 2:1), "good doctrine" (1 Tim 4:6) implies that a body of teaching had now emerged which was generally accepted, and which should serve as a standard of orthodoxy. The faith has become a body of truth "once for all delivered unto the saints" (Jude verse 3). The content of this "sound doctrine" is nowhere formally given, but it is a probable inference that it corresponded very nearly to the Roman formula that became known as the Apostles' Creed. See DOGMA. (from International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia, Electronic Database Copyright (c)1996 by Biblesoft) |
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