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SUMMARY OF CHAPTER III -

AUTHORITY

There is an important distinction between investing books with authority, and recognizing them as having authority. In the latter case, the book commends itself for what it does, for the function it has in the life of the Christian community. It thus has an intrinsic authority, whoever its author was. The Bible has historical priority in its connection with the Christ-event. The apostolicity of the New Testament books, for example, means their effectiveness in the church and their historical position as primary witness to the Christ-event. Authority and recognition of authority are correlative. Here it is not a matter of demonstration.