How did the New Testament come about?
In the early church there was no single New Testament for the first 300 yrs.
There were numerous writings that all claimed to come from the Holy Spirit.
There were Gospels from Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Thomas, Mary Magdalene, Philip, James, and Peter and Paul, name a few.
So How was a person to know which ones were authentic and which ones were not?
St. Irenaeus went through all of the books and gave reasons why some were authentic and some were not.
It is through much of his work that we have come to accept which books were inspired by the Holy Spirit and which ones were not.
And even today we must continue to hold to the books that were inspired by the Holy Spirt and recognize those that were not.
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