36. The " Absurd and Ungodly " Books

From: The Historical Basis and Integrity of the New Testament

Other books, again, he called ἄτοπα καὶ δυσσεβη, absurd and ungodly, such as the Gospels of Thomas and Matthias and like heretical writings, amongst works Clem. Alex. had called ἀπόκρνφα καὶ νόθα.1

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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