[Iscool]

Then why doesn’t Iraneus speak of the Gospel as received from the disciples. He specifically says, the Gospel as received from the Apostles, that they had teaching authority in the Church because they were Apostles.

Did Iraneus get anything from Luke??? Or did he just ignore everyone but the Apostles???

Jesus told the Apostles AND the Disciples to go into the world and preach the Gospel...

[BenKenobi]

Sigh. Point was he referred to the Apostles. The words as handed down by the Apostles. I don’t see disciples anywhere in his statement and this is significant.

It shows me that the Gospels had to be approved by the Apostles before they became distributed through the Church, and passed on, as they were in Ireneus’s time.