If the answer is ‘yes’, why did it take over 200 years to decide which books were ‘in’ or ‘out’?
My answer is ‘no’. Peter was ‘dethroned’ when Paul started writing all of his Letters to the world, whereas Peter wanted to keep the acts of ‘mikvas’ and ‘brits’(sp) to ensure the followers attained Jewishness, through the wasteful shedding of blood.
If the answer is ‘yes’, why did it take over 200 years to decide which books were ‘in’ or ‘out’?
I believe they were somewhat preoccupied trying to avoid being fed to lions and such.
It actually took over 1400 years after the last book was penned for Rome to provide an infallible, indisputable complete canon, after the death of Luther.
My answer is ‘no’. Peter was ‘dethroned’ when Paul started writing all of his Letters to the world, whereas Peter wanted to keep the acts of ‘mikvas’ and ‘brits’(sp) to ensure the followers attained Jewishness, through the wasteful shedding of blood.
That is reading more out of Gal. 2 than is warranted. Peter upheld Gentile inclusion apart from placing them under the Law in Acts 15:7-9, but in a moment of weakness it seems he socially sided with the elite Jewish believers.