New Testament Cannon broken up into scripture-index categories among the fuzzy-logic spectrum with info from NTCannon.org (Revised)
I revised the fuzzy-logic cannon spectrum to not consider heretical ratings at all in the grey categories as I realized the the canon judgement line does not factor in ‘heretical’ ratings. Heretical ratings are now only factored into the three lowest (the most black) categories.
This resulted in only 3 books changing categories, all in the canon / non-canon grey-zones. James and II Peter were demoted from ‘Canon – Has Blemishes’ to ‘Canon – Grey-Zone’. Apocalypse of Peter was demoted from ‘Non-Canon – Grey-Zone’ to ‘Non-Canon – Rejected’. It is still based on the ??Cross Reference Table: Writings and Authorities??? table at ntcanon.org.
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Canon
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?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
The Ultimate (100%)
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Gospel according to Matthew
Gospel according to Luke
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Definitely Flawless (100%)
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Gospel according to Mark
Gospel according to John
Acts
Romans
I Corinthians
II Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
I Thessalonians
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Likely Flawless (100%)
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
II Thessalonians
I Timothy
II Timothy
Titus
Philemon
I Peter
I John
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Has Blemishes
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Hebrews (9/11 accepted – 82%; 0/11 Heretical))
Jude (8/9 Accepted – 89%; 0/9 Heretical))
Revelation of John (11/12 Accepted – 92%; 0/12 Heretical))
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Grey-Zone
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
James (5/8 Accepted – 63%; 0/8 Heretical))
II Peter (4/6 Accepted – 67%; 0/6 Heretical))
II John (5/8 accepted – 63%; 1/8 Heretical)
III John (4/7 accepted – 57%; 1/7 Heretical)
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Non-Cannon
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?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Grey-Zone
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
I Clement (3/4 accepted – 75%; 0/4 heretical)
Epistle of Barnabas (3/5 accepted – 60%; 0/5 heretical)
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Rejected
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Preaching of Peter (2/3 accepted – 67%; 1/3 heretical)
Didache (2/5 Accepted – 40%; 0/5 heretical)
Shepherd of Hermas (4/9 Accepted – 44%; 0/9 heretical)
Apocalypse of Peter (2/3 accepted – 67%; 0/3 heretical)
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Bad / May be Heretical
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Gospel of Truth (1/2 Accepted; 1/2 Heretical)
Gospel of the Egyptians (1/2 accepted; 1/2 heretical)
Gospel of the Hebrews (1/3 accepted; 0/3 heretical)
Traditions of Matthias (1/1 Accepted; 0/1 heretical)
Epistle to the Laodiceans (0/2 accepted; 0/2 heretical))
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Likely to be Heretical
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Gospel of the Twelve (0/1 Accepted; 1/1 Heretical)
Gospel of Peter (0/2 accepted; 1/2 heretical)
Acts of Andrew (0/1 Accepted; 1/1 Heretical)
Acts of Paul (0/3 Accepted; 1/3 Heretical)
Acts of John (0/1 Accepted; 1/1 Heretical)
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Definitly Heretical
?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a?a-
Gospel of Thomas (0/2 Accepted; 2/2 Heretical)
Gospel of Basilides (0/2 Accepted; 2/2 Heretical)
Gospel of Matthias (0/2 Accepted; 2/2 Heretical)
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Observed pattern of cannon:
It appears that the hard ??black or white??? line of judgement within the fuzzy logic spectrum for the NT cannon, within the scope of the table at the ntcannon.org site is:
So, basically, minimum of 51% ??yes votes??? with a minimum of 6 total votes. 4/6, 4/7, 5/8, 5/9, 6/10 = ??yes???; 3/3, 3/4, 4/5, 3/6, 3/7 = ??no???
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Description of group categories:
