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THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT 653 and the service of God and the promises Add any comments that may be necessary for clearing up the meaning of the passage Therefore hath He mercy upon whom He will have mercy Rescue this passage from Calvinistic misinterpretation Paraphrase Chapter xiv on tolerance -C0LOSSIANS Introd Describe accurately the situation and importance of Colosse and draw sketch-map of the neighbourhood Name all the New Testament personages who were natives of that region and state what is known of them Describe the characteristic doctrines of Gnosticism in the Apostolic age and shew why St Paul was so strong in his opposition to it 10 Write brief history of Gnosticism in the first century and investigate its origin 11 Why is Ephesians called the sister-epistle מ to Colossians Quote any parallel-passages you can remember But shew what difference of key-note exists between them 12 How would you group St Paul's Epistles and in which group do you place Colossians -History of the Canon 13 What is meant by the Canon of Scripture Illustrate by other words derived from the same root 14 What was the work of the second century in relation to the Canon of the New Testament and what leading men took part in this work 15 Shew by citations from the Fathers the spirit in which they laboured in this matter 16 Give the date of the great Council at Hippo and shew why it exercised such commanding influence in the question of the Canon 17 Describe the action of Luther with regard to the Canon of the New Testament 18 Who were Carlstadt-Erasmus-Semler and what is the general result of all the labour that has been spent in determining the Canon