Authenticity
authenticity
(Greek: authentes, real author)
Terms applied to:
the Scriptures, because its books have been written by the persons whose names they bear, because they are genuine and trustworthy, officially acknowledged, and express faithfully all those things which belong to the substance of the Divine writings;
the document authenticating a relic;
four modes in Gregorian music.
New Catholic Dictionary
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Authenticity
a term frequently used in reference to the literary history of the Holy Scriptures.
(1.) In a broad and loose sense, by the authenticity of the canonical books is meant that they were really written by the authors whose names they bear; that those which are anonymous were written at the time in which they profess that they were written; and that their contents are credible.
(2.) In careful and scientific language, authenticity implies authority; an authentic account is truthful, and therefore credible. A genuine book, on the other hand, is one written by the person whose name it bears, whether it be truthful or not. Thus, for instance, Alison’s History of Europe is genuine, because it was written by Alison; but it is not authentic, because it looks at facts with partisan eves. Horne, Introduction, 2, 1.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Authenticity
In a general sense, genuineness, truth according to its title. It involves sometimes a direct and personal characteristic (Whitehead speaks of “authentic feelings”).
This word also refers to problems of fundamental criticism involving title, tradition, authorship and evidence. These problems are vital in theology, and basic in scholarship with regard to the interpretation of texts and doctrines. — T.G.