tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post2585515266090392770..comments2023-10-02T03:19:31.569+11:00Comments on Dead Flies and Perfume: Every New Testament book is the result of a number of theological traditionsMike Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382354162198484322noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-14083107049330433362012-03-17T12:32:09.320+11:002012-03-17T12:32:09.320+11:00Yes, fine, in theory.
But the fact is, while we k...Yes, fine, in theory.<br /><br />But the fact is, while we know that Paul wrote other letters (since he mentions them in his extant ones), we don't have copies of any. And we have no evidence that the early church did either (apart from the original recipient communities). So it's not like we have any evidence of early communities finding themselves picking and choosing between epistles that they know to be apostolic in origin. Being apostolic was simply enough. Other criteria were applied as secondary ways of discerning whether a disputed text was truly apostolic.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com