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Originally Posted by Boxjobox
I would say that the formation of the NT, which yes, was compiled 4th century, was taken from that which was written at the time of the formative years of the church.
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This promotes an extremely naive and distorted view of the New Testament canon. Only a handful of books, i.e. the
antilegomena, were not officially recognized by the entire church extant until the early 4th century. Close to 90% of the NT scripture, including the gospels and every major teaching, was unanimously received by the early church, long before the time of Constantine. Peter himself (2 Pet 3.15-16), representing the entire mid-1st century church, called all of Paul's letters part of the "
scriptures."