22. The Post-Apostolic Fathers

From: The Historical Basis and Integrity of the New Testament

We have next to examine the evidence for the New Testament books of the ecclesiastical leaders of the second and third centuries, and in particular that of Irenwus, Clement of Alexandria and Tertullian.

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The Historical Basis and Integrity of the New Testament

• 10. The Number of Its Books

• 11. Their Chronological Order

• 12. The Titles of the Books

• 13. The Time of Their Composition

• 14. The Common Belief

• 19. Justin Martyr

• 2. Its Objective Side

• 21. The Muratorian Fragment

• 22. The Post-Apostolic Fathers

• 23. Irenieus

• 24. Clement of Alexandria

• 25. Tertullian

• 26. The Old Latin Version of the New Testament

• 27. Christian Standing and Condition: Part 2 (Also, the Historical Basis and Integrity of the NT)

• 28. His Account of the Canon

• 29. The Alexandrian New Testament in the Third Century

• 3. The Grounds of Its Reception

• 30. The Diocletian Persecution

• 31. In Africa

• 32. In Palestine

• 33. The " Acknowledged " Books

• 34. The " Disputed " Books

• 35. The " Spurious " Books

• 36. The " Absurd and Ungodly " Books

• 4. Supernatural Religion

• 5. The Prima Facie Claims of the New Testament to Reverence Within Ch

• 6. The Inquiry Is More Than a Literary One

• 7. Connection Between the Old Testament and the New

• 8. Interval Between the Close of the Old Testament Canon and the Peri Evangelists

• 9. The Language of the New Testament