Since the end of the apostolic age (ca. A.D. 100) and throughout church history, orthodox Christianity has strongly affirmed the sufficiency of the biblical canon. Early testimony shows that there was a growing recognition in the church for a circulating NT canon. Some of the early evidence that shows a recognition for this inspired canon comes from sources like as the following: (1) Clement of Rome (A.D. 95), (2) Irenaeus (185), (3) the so-called Muratorian Fragment (ca. 185), (4) Hippolytus (170-235), (5) Tertullian (ca. 200), (6) Clement of Alexandria (d. 215), (7) Origen (d. 254), (8) Eusebius (260-340), (9) the Synod of Laodecia (363), (10) The Festal Letter of Athanasius (367), (11) The Council of Hippo (393), (12) the Synod of Carthage (397) and (13) the Council of Carthage (419).
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