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Councils, Bishops, and Canons:

Chapter One: The New Testament Canon:

     i.    The authorship of the Books and Epistles of the New Testament Canon

     ii.   The vetting process, conducted by the Councils of early Christian

           Bishops, to determine which Books and Epistles would become the

           Books and Epistles of the New Testament Canon.

     iii.  The rejected Books and Epistles, rejected by the Councils of the early

           Christian Bishops.  

           (Please click on the button below to open Chapter One as a PDF file). 

Chapter Two:  The Incarnation: 

i.   The Incarnation (Virgin Birth):

ii.  The Bethlehem Star

iii. The significant early Councils of Christian Bishops and Christology:

     (Please click on the button below to open Chapter Two as a PDF file)

Chapter Three: 

i.  The Ancient Eastern Mediterranean in Jesus's       time.

     a.  The Greek States

     b.  The Carthaginian Republic

     c.   The Roman Republic

ii.  The Eastern Mediterranean

     a.  The Ptolemaic Empire

     b.  The Seleucid Empire

     c.   The Hasmonean Dynasty

     d.   Imperial Rome

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