Bilblical Research Projects …
… I’d like to do over time.
1. Categorizing the statements of Jesus.
- What are the parables?
- What are the exhorations?
- What are the theological statements/proclomations/dogmas?
- etc
2. Developing Christian theology with Paul “second”
- Take the Gospels and the non-Pauline epistles and see how far you get.
This second one is kinda interesting to me ’cause I was looking at wikipedia today on Sola Fide and it listed the passages used in support of Sola Fide
(17 passages in all: John 3:16 John 6:28-29 (explaining Matthew 7:21) Acts 16:31 Acts 26:18 Romans 1:17-18 Romans 3:28 Romans 4:5 Romans 5:1 Romans 10:9 Romans 11:6 Romans 14:23 Ephesians 2:8-10 Philippians 3:9 Galatians 2:16 Galatians 2:21 Galatians 3:1-3 … 9-14 … 21-25 … Galatians 5:4,5)
vs those against
(20 passages in all: Matthew 5:48 (part of the Expounding of the Law) Matthew 7:21 (part of the Sermon on the Mount) Matthew 12:36-37 Matthew 16:27 Matthew 19:17 Matthew 24:10-20 (part of the Olivet discourse) Matthew 25:31-46 Matthew 28:19-20a (part of the Great Commission) Luke 8:21 Luke 10:25-28 John 5:29 Romans 2:6,7; 13 2 Corinthians 5:10 James 1:22 James Chapter Two (Excerpts) Phillipians 2:12-13 Revelation 20:13 Revelation 22:12 1 Peter 1:17 1 John 2:3-7)
Now, I’ve always known that sola fide was Paul heavy … but only two passages outside of Paul are used to support sola fide? Granted, this is just wikipedia … so I need to dust off some old studies … but still, there is something seemingly not right about it. Furthermore, the classical position of faith and works has the support of 3 of 4 gospels and all of the apostolic writers.
If you were to treat Paul “second” to everyone else, it would seem that you would have to arrive at the Catholic position. Maybe that’s why I always had the feeling that the rest of the NT was treated second to Paul in my Protestant days?
I can’t be the first to have observed/thought this, so if anyone has any links to pass along, feel free.