The Heresy of Orthodoxy, ch. 6
The question taken up in this chapter is why there is a "closed" canon with boundary markers indicating where authoritative writings end. The authors carefully demonstrate further error in the Bauer-Ehrman thesis making a persuasive case for a closed New Testament canon. They first indicate that the mere existence of diversity in the early church does not constitute evidence that there should be no authentic and orthodox Christianity. They also show the unrealistic suggestion of Ehrman that the apocryphal and Gnostic books should be put on par with the NT canon in light of their obviously spurious theological assertions and, more importantly, historicity. It seems most plainly true that the canon was accepted as closed early on and that the books suggested otherwise are obviously excluded for good reasons.
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