Regarding the Christian Bible: after all the text has been through, to unqualifiedly take any of it as by who it's said it's by, and when, is an absurdity.

The standard for the canonization of text as Scripture, or, the standard of canonicity, cannot be authorship or date. Nor can it be usage: 200,000,000 cows can be wrong. It has to be the quality of content, which is, philosophy.

Now, only Non-Dualistic philosophy produces religions. If a religion has been produced by or around a body of literature, elements of that body which express Non-Dualistic philosophy can be taken as normative, or, canonical.

The standard for the canonization of text
is the philosophy of Non-Dualism.

In the case of the Christian Bible, about 75% of the text and the testamental organization itself do not express Non-Dualistic philosophy and should be regarded as non-canonical.

There are three types of non-canonical literature in the Christian Bible:

secondary literature, such as Genesis 1-11 and certain Cosmo-Christic Pauline passages,

interesting literature, such as certain Hebrew and Christian apocalyptic passages and

spurious literature, such as Mark, Johannine discourses and letters, Petrine letters, Hebrews and Revelation.

The testamental organization is non-canonical because it expresses the dogma of surrogate atonement, which is condemned by Hebrew and Christian Prophets and by Saints and Sages of all religions, in all times and climes.

The Christian Canon has to be organized by some principle other than the testamental one.

Because of its primalness, I have employed the principle of threeness to organize the Non-Dualistic -- that is, canonical -- elements of the Christian Bible. I have named this organization Cantos, which is Spanish for Songs.

For indeed, what is the Universe if not Epics continually chanted by the Master Poet, God ? !

The standard for the canonization of text -- the standard of Canonicity -- is the philosophy of Non-Dualism, or, Vedantha.

Canonicity is Non-Duality.

Adwaitha Hermitage
February 29, 1992