Public Scripture reading, prayer, teaching, and singing build up believers when the congregation can understand and take part.
Recovering Reverence and Order in Worship
The Relationship Between the Muratorian Canon and New Testament Textual Criticism
The Muratorian Canon supports New Testament textual criticism by confirming early collection, public reading, and controlled transmission of core apostolic books.
The Transmission of the Text Was Wildly Uncontrolled
Decentralized copying produced variants, but public use, correction, shared conventions, and multiple streams constrained drift and preserved a recoverable text.
