49. Correctness of the text and correctness of the corpus of texts of Revelation

With the exception of the Koran, which is all Revelation, the text of Holy Scripture in different religious traditions usually does not begin with Revelation itself. Scripture is sacralized, that is, it is recognized by believers as sacred. The sacralization of not only the dogma, but also the text itself containing the Revelation, and even the language in which the Revelation is written, creates the psychological and communicative originality of confessional practice, which is characteristic of the religions of Scripture.

That "main knowledge about the world", which was the informational first impulse of the new religion, became the content of the Revelation and the meaning of the sermons of the Messenger of God.

Usually the teaching was written down after the death of the Teacher by his disciples, sometimes after almost a millennium. Some rationalistic teachings were written down by the Master himself. In particular, Confucian books were compiled primarily as school manuals, and he did it himself.

In the history of various writing and religious traditions, a complex of similar problems arises related to the "correctness" of the main religious texts, their fidelity to the original source. First, whether this or that text is distorted. Secondly, doubts arose in the composition of the entire corpus of confessional texts: were there any important records missing?

The term "codification" is legal in origin; it is the systematization of laws in a single legislative code by eliminating inconsistencies, filling in gaps, and abolishing obsolete norms.

In the history of religion, codification is understood as an ordering of confessional books carried out by church authorities and accepted, approved by the church, including both aspects or levels of ordering - "micro" and "macro":

1) establishing the "correctness" of certain texts;

2) establishing the "correct" list (composition) of texts that form the canon.

Sacred books form the religious canon of a given religion (church). The books included in the religious canon (i.e. canonical books) constitute the Holy Scripture, the most important part of confessional literature.

The writings that constituted the religious canon, over time, acquire an outstanding, incomparable glory.

In the history of religious tradition, disputes about the canonicity or non-canonicity of certain works begin at a time when the teaching was basically formed or, in any case, reached its peak.

In Islam, the question of the canonicity of the Scripture itself did not arise, which is associated with the early and rigid codification of the Koran. Thus, the principle of relying on authority in the selection of significant information in Islam is manifested not to a lesser, but to a much greater extent than in Christianity.

Authors: Pankin S.F., Mortova E.A.

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