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ORIGINALLY kingdele
I have to respectfully disagree with you and tell you that you are wrong. What Apostle Paul was talking about in the book of Galatians are those who come into the Churches he planted and started telling them that they need to be keeping the Mosaic Ceremonial-Law (EG: circumcision, Jewish-holidays & diets, etc). Those people were preaching that these laws need to be added to the people's faith and regeneration in order for them (the people) to be saved. You need to read the whole book of Galatians to find that out. You can't find this out by the proof-texting of so-called preachers who pull verses out of context and string them together to arrive at a conclusion that it is okay sin or be covetous.

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ORIGINAL: Lapidoth

Galatians = Gaul
My dictionary has a map placing this in Europe.

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Time is estimated in different commentaries.
From 48AD to 60 AD.

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ORIGINAL: LBolt

Galations is an interesting book...very misunderstood, I'll be chiming in on this later. I love this book.

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ORIGINAL: steve7150

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Time is estimated in different commentaries.
From 48AD to 60 AD.

I think Galatians was written around 47AD as the major issue of this letter (keeping the law) was resolved in Acts 15 which was (50-53 AD) so if it was written later Paul could have simply referred to Acts 15 instead of writing an emotional letter.

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ORIGINAL: Bluethread
The Apistolic Writings were not canonized until the hundreds. Until the Gutenberg press was invented people did not refer to documentation the way we do today, Usually one quoted the person from who the statement came or made a rational argument. Also, Paul was one of the people who was intrusted with the document and therefore, it would be presumed that he was intertpering that document. Finally, Paul was not making an emotional argument but a rational one. He may very well have used argument by extention to make his points, but that is a common tool for making a point in a rational argument.

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ORIGINAL: kingdele

I love the book of Galatians, but I have to agree that people frequently misunderstand it. Apostle Paul was trying to tell the new believers that the Ceremonial Law (not the moral requirements) of the Jewish Faith were no necessary for salvation.

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ORIGINAL: rcjames

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ORIGINAL: Bluethread
The Apistolic Writings were not canonized until the hundreds. Until the Gutenberg press was invented people did not refer to documentation the way we do today, Usually one quoted the person from who the statement came or made a rational argument. Also, Paul was one of the people who was intrusted with the document and therefore, it would be presumed that he was intertpering that document. Finally, Paul was not making an emotional argument but a rational one. He may very well have used argument by extention to make his points, but that is a common tool for making a point in a rational argument.

You are correct that a canon of Scripture was not selected until the fourth century. When the Council accepted certain letters and writings, and rejected what they considerd repetitious writings and heretical writings. I would really like to have your foundational referrences that uphold that no one considered Scripture as we do today until the 1450"s.

Thanks
RC