The following verses testify that there was an AWFUL LOT of writing going on in the New Testament era. Some would have us think that Christians were idiots and could only sit around the campfire and tell tall tales...that writing was beyond them.
The following absolutely destroys such a nonsensical notion. The churches were getting correspondence from so many sources, that one wonders how they kept up with it.
One more important point about the relationship between these early Christians and the Apostles: They WROTE BACK -- "I Corinthians 7:1 'Now for the matter YOU WROTE about...'"
Mr 10:4
They said, "Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY."
Lu 1:3
it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus;
Lu 16:6
"And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
Joh 19:20
Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription , for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek.
Joh 19:22
Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."
Joh 20:30
Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.
Ac 15:20
but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood.
Ac 25:26
"Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write.
Ro 15:15
But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God,
Ro 16:22
I, Tertius, who write this letter, greet you in the Lord.
1Co 14:37
If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment.
2Co 13:10
For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.
Ga 1:20
(Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.)
Ga 6:11
See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand.
Col 4:18
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you.
2Th 3:17
I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, and this is a distinguishing mark in every letter; this is the way I write.
1Pe 5:12
Through Silvanus, our faithful brother (for so I regard him), I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it!
2Pe 3:1
This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder,
1Jo 1:4
These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete.
1Jo 2:1
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;
1Jo 2:7
Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard.
1Jo 2:8
On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining.
1Jo 2:12
I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake.
1Jo 2:13
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.
1Jo 2:14
I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
1Jo 2:21
I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no * lie is of the truth.
1Jo 2:26
These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you.
1Jo 5:13
These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
2Jo 1:5
Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.
2Jo 1:12
Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your joy may be made full.
3Jo 1:13
I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you with pen and ink;
Jude 1:3
Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.
Re 1:3
Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near.
Re 1:11
saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."
Re 22:18
I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book;
Re 22:19
and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book.
for all this writing not one apostle wrote any book titled 'the clear and full teachings of the church volume 1-etc'.
It was the Apostolic Orthodox Catholic church which assembled together the true gospels and anathemized gnostic heresies.
You are missing the point. We are not arguing that things were not written, we are saying that there was much oral teaching at the same time - the traditions that St. Paul told us to hold fast to - that were just as important as the written word.
Amen! Your verses show how vital the written word of the preached Gospel was to all the early Christians...and ever onward.
And the reason for that is because God has told us it is through His word that He will transmit His blessing of grace through faith.
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." -- Romans 10:17