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“that the early church fathers had no hesitancy whatsoever to quote the various NT books as Scripture.” (Page 4)
“With the exception of 3 John, the early church fathers cited all NT books as Scripture” (Page 5)
“It follows from these observations that most NT documents were recognized as authoritative, even Scripture, as early as at the end of the first or at least by the end of the second century of the Christian era.” (Page 5)
“the edict of Diocletian in 303 ordered all the sacred books of the Christians burned” (Page 6)
“a dozen or more heretical ‘Gospels’ may have been circulating in the second century” (Page 7)