Justin Peters on Canon of the Old Testament
LIVING · REFORMED BAPTIST / DISPENSATIONAL
READ IN A PRIMARY SOURCEAFFIRMS°
66 books — Apocrypha useful but not Scripture
The 66 books of the Bible constitute God's written revelation of Himself to mankind, whose inspiration is verbal and plenary (equally inspired in all parts).
THE POSITION
The Protestant sixty-six. Stated as the opening clause of the statement rather than argued for — the number is given as a premise, and the Apocrypha is not mentioned anywhere in the document.
13 OTHERS HOLD THIS
AthanasiusCalvinJonathan EdwardsThe Church of Eleven22 Statement of FaithJosh HowertonSecond London Baptist ConfessionLutherJohn MacArthurGavin OrtlundJohn OwenR.C. SproulWestminster ConfessionZwingli
Wider canon — deuterocanonical books includedAQUINAS · AUGUSTINE
Predates or straddles the settled disputeCHRYSOSTOM · IRENAEUS
See all 21 figures on canon of the old testament →ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Discernment evangelist whose Clouds Without Water seminar — grown from his Th.M. thesis on Benny Hinn — is the best-known evangelical critique of the Word of Faith movement, and since 2026 senior pastor of a church plant outside Billings, Montana.
12 OF 18 POSITIONS QUOTED
Everything Justin Peters holds →Cite this page
"Justin Peters on Canon of the Old Testament", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/peters/ot-canon (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/peters/ot-canon).