2007-05-24 17:08:42 · 11 answers · asked by Stew 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
canon-An accepted standard.
canonize- To declare, to exalt;glorify.
No, it has nothing do with fact or truth.
But you already knew that.... ; )
2007-05-25 00:16:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term "canon" comes from a word for a measuring stick. By definition, measuring devices need true and accurate. When something is canonized, it is made the absolute standard by which other things are judged.
When the Bible Canon was established, the Church Fathers said these books are the word of God and they rejected others as not meeting the standard. Today, any religious writing outside the Canon would be compared against that standard.
In the Roman Catholic Church, they have what's called "Canon Law" -these are laws of the church that supercede all others.
2007-05-25 00:24:29 · answer #2 · answered by biblechick45 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not unless it is canonized by an infallible Church. Therefore the Canon of Scripture with its 73 inspired texts, and the Canon of Saints are both necessarily true. God Himself told His Church, "whatsoever you bind upon earth is bound in heaven".
2007-05-25 00:14:47 · answer #3 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Not something but someone is canonized. A person, a believer of God, who made an extraordinary contribution in the Church life, in an ordinary way....could be, or an extraordinary way like dying as a martyr...
2007-05-25 00:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by bagi 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If it's canonized by the only church that Jesus ever founded, authorized, empowered, and eternally guaranteed, it has to be true.
Otherwise, everybody is totally and unredeemably lost ... forever.
2007-05-25 01:31:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things canonized reflect a widely common peer assessment of something being capable of serving as a reliable measure.
2007-05-25 00:13:59 · answer #6 · answered by Travis J 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Those books in the Canon are those that are inspired by the Holy Spirit...therefore they are true, yes.
2007-05-25 00:12:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, just that it has been recognised by the Church as truth (which is subjective), usually the Catholic Church/Vatican.
2007-05-25 00:16:05 · answer #8 · answered by Taliesin Pen Beirdd 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Archy, Archy. Does it really matter? However, if you are going to believe then yes, it makes it true.
2007-05-25 00:16:57 · answer #9 · answered by AliBaba 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
yes yes it does, makes it a lot easier.
2007-05-25 00:30:23 · answer #10 · answered by chicachicabobbob 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋