Subject: Why are NT epistles in that Bible order? |
Bible Note: Pam First the dates are very subjective. Most can be debated. Secondly chronology is really not important here as much as how one book builds upon another. It is hard to explain and maybe I see it because that is how it is but I see a flow of one thought to the next and they seem to complement each other. To me the only two books I think could be move around is Jude and James and their placement seems reasonable to me. As to their actual sequence I don’t have a definite answer, but I think I once read Paul’s epistles were placed in that order based on the perceived importance of the teaching of the each epistle. I suspect that may be the reason for the sequence of the rest also. EdB |