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Jewish ChristianFoundations Development
J E S U S
LAW
GOSPEL
PROPHETS
APOSTLE
WRITINGS
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GENERAL OVERVIEW
30 AD
170
300
400
Writing Circulation Collections
Sifting Separation
Ratification
303 EUSEBIUS
140 MARCION
393/397 COUNCILS OF HIPPO/ CARTHAGE
170-200 IRENAEUS CLEMENT TERTULLIAN MURATORIAN
367 ATHANASIUS FESTAL LTR
3
30 AD 150 AD
WRITING (by 70?) CIRCULATION COLLECTION/ESTABLISHM
ENT

J E S U S
G O S P E L
ORAL WRITTEN MT MK LK JN
Many Apocryphal Gospels

)
(
Apostolic Fathers (Papias) (Justin)
Irenaeus Clement
Tertullian

East/West accept 4
Marcion
Muratorian Canon
Tatian-Diatessaron Syria until 5th Cent.
4
30 AD
125
200
185
170
WRITING (by 70) CIRCULATION
COLLECTION
Witness Proclamation Teaching Writing
Ireneus Clement Tertullian

AP O S T L E
J E S U S
MURATORIAN
Ltr. to Diognetus ???
Generally Accepted in East/West/Syria
ACTS
5
THE MURATORIAN CANON
Circa 170 - ROME
4 GOSPELS ACTS JUDE 2 BY JOHN REV PAUL
JOHN 1 COR PETER GAL ROM EPH PHIL COL 1
THESS 11 COR 11THESS PHM TITUS 1-11 TIM
WISDOM OF SOLOMON

NB Hebrews James I-II Peter III John
(?)
Missing!!!
6
30 AD
125
200
185
170
90-110
140
WRITING (by 70) CIRCULATION
COLLECTION
Witness Proclamation Teaching Writing
Ireneus Clement Tertullian

AP O S T L E
MARCION
Clement Ignatius
J E S U S
(Basilides)

Polycarp
MURATORIAN
Galatians I-II Thess (II) I-II
Cor (I) (I) Phil Eph
(Laod) Col Phm Romans Pasto
rals (Tim)
All 13 accepted in East West Syria
PAUL
7
90
393/397
200
30 AD
180
WRITING (by 70) CIRCULATION
COLLECTION
Witness Proclamation Teaching Writing

AP O S T L E
J E S U S
Clement Origen
Clement
Pauline
Held as Pauline in the East
Much use in letter to Corinth
Tertullian Barnabas
No evidence until
West rejects it until 393/397 then still
questioned as Pauline
HEBREWS
8
30 AD
90
393
303
367
150
200
185
WRITING (by 70) CIRCULATION
COLLECTION
Witness Proclamation Teaching Writing

AP O S T L E
J E S U S
Muratorian
Clement
Clement Origen
Eusebius
Polycarp


??
?


JAMES
Generally questioned, especially in West/Syria





?

?
JUDE
Generally accepted in East, questione
in West/Syria
JEWISH
9
90
393
367
150
170
130
30 AD
200
185
WRITING (by 70) CIRCULATION
COLLECTION
Witness Proclamation Teaching Writing

AP O S T L E
J E S U S
Irenaeus Clement Tertullian
Clement
Polycarp
Papias
Origen

I





?
?
General acceptance (Syrian in 5th-6th Century)
II




?
?
?
?
Much questioned esp. in West/Syria
PETER
10
30 AD
200
180
393
367
150
170
130
WRITING (by 70) CIRCULATION
Witness Proclamation Teaching Writing
COLLECTION
Muratorian

Clement
Papias
Irenaeus
Tertullian
AP O S T L E
Polycarp
J E S U S
General Acceptance





I JN
2



Questioned until late 4th Century Earlier
acceptance in East
?
II JN

?
III JN

West-accepted East-rejected in 3rd cent. long
questioned Syria-very slow acceptance



REV
JOHN
11
EUSEBIUS -303
2. SPOKEN AGAINST JAMES JUDE II
PETER II-III JOHN
3. SPURIOUS APOCRYPHAL PSEUDEPIGRAPHICAL WRI
TINGS

• 1. ACCEPTED
• 4 GOSPELS
• ACTS
• 14 PAUL
• I PETER
• I JOHN
• REV

REV
IN BOTH PLACES EUSEBIUS ADDS IF IT SEEMS
CORRECT