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  1. Philip Bartelt
    Philip Bartelt
    10 mins read
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    06/30/26

    What about the Apocrypha?

    Luther neither removed the Apocrypha from the Bible nor discouraged its use. Rather, he received and preserved the ancient distinction inherited from the fathers: the Apocrypha is valuable, edifying, and worthy of reading, but it is not Holy Scripture and therefore cannot serve as the foundation of Christian doctrine.
  2. Philip Bartelt
    Philip Bartelt
    13 mins read
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    05/27/20

    Reading Revelation in Light of the Old Testament

    When Revelation’s words read against their original context, old meaning and new meaning are simultaneously brought to light as language and imagery is translated from the Old Testament to the New.