“They knew who the Apostles were and they knew who traveled with them. They were pretty quick to discredit writings of “recent appearance”, “questionable authorship” or that were not “God Breathed”.”
As a general proposition, I think you are right, but its important to remember writings like Barnabus, The Shepherd and the Clementine Letters just as it is important to recognize why, say, The Shepherd was rejected ultimately as compared to why the Gospel of Thomas or that of Judas were rejected or how Hebrews and Revelations came to be part of what we have as the canon of the NT today.
Thank you. It is rare we agree on something. :-)
it is important to recognize why, say, The Shepherd was rejected ultimately as compared to why the Gospel of Thomas or that of Judas were rejected or how Hebrews and Revelations came to be part of what we have as the canon of the NT today.
Absolutely.