...that these alone should be acknowledged as authentic. From these facts, it is evident, that first, about the end of the second and the beginning of the third century, the Church labored to establish the universal authority of these four Gospels, which were in existence...

...that these alone should be acknowledged as authentic. From these facts, it is evident, that first, about the end of the second, and the beginning of the third century, the Church laboured to establish the universal authority of these four Gospels, which were in existence...

...completeness for common use. There are traces of our present Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, bel the end of the second and the beginning of the third century. naeus, about the year 202, first speaks decisively of four gosp< and imagines all sorts of reasons...

...thus : But we may even put out of view all the preceding considerations. " The Church," it is said, " first labored to procure the general reception of the four Gospels in the Church." By the Church, must...

...that these alone should be acknowledged as authentic. From these facts, it is evident, that first, about the end of the second and the beginning of the third century, the Church labored to establish the universal authority of these four Gospels, which were in existence...

...that these alone should be acknowledged as authentic. From these facts, it is evident, that first, about .the end of the second and the beginning of the third century, the Church labored to establish the universal authority of these four Gospels, which were in existence...

...whereby it may be traced." — Inquiry, etc. Pref. p. 20, 21. Mr. Waddington very justly remarks : " It is true that the first operations" of corruption...the second, and the beginning of the third century, some-changes had taken place in the ecclesiastical system which indicated a departure from its primitive...

...slow, and generally imperceptible, so that it is not easy to ascertain the precise moment of their commencement. But a candid inquirer cannot avoid perceiving,...indicated a departure from its primitive purity.' 5 This testimony of an episcopal historian might be substantiated by any number of writers, were it...

...slow, and generally imperceptible, so that it is not easy to ascertain the precise moment of their commencement. But a candid inquirer cannot avoid perceiving,...system, which indicated a departure from its primitive purity.'4 This testimony of an episcopal historian might be substantiated by any number of writers,...

...livelihood at Alexandria by carrying sacks, and acting as a porter in the market. He lived at Alexandria about the end of the second and the beginning of the third century of our sera, and died there in AD 241. He was the son of Christian parents, but afterwards embraced...