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Only disagrees with individuals interpretation of Scripture. Examples: Chapter 7. Concerning Baptism And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Matthew 28:19 in living water. An...

At first a local church would have only a few apostolic letters and perhaps one or two Gospels. During the course of the second century most churches came to possess and acknowledge a canon which included the present four Gospels, the Acts, thirteen letters of Paul, I Peter, and I John. Seven...

https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/nicaea-canon/ https://www.gotquestions.org/canon-Bible.html https://www.gotquestions.org/New-Testament-canon.html Irenaeus elsewhere indicates why these four gospels, and none other, are canonical. He affirms the four Gospels’ because they alone are...

Early canonical lists The Festal Letter of Athanasius from 367 AD contains the earliest known list of all 27 New Testament books, and only those books. But it is far from being the earliest canonical list. Origen, writing over a century earlier around 250 AD in his typical metaphorical style...

A conservative, bible believing perspective! 1. 100AD: All 27 books of the New Testament were in circulation and all but Hebrews, 2 Peter, James, 2 Jn, 3 Jn, Revelation were universally accepted. 2. 100-400 AD: 6 "disputed" books accepted. A number of other books were read in a few...

Historic Canons of synods and councils: 1. The Muratorian Canon 2. The Canon of Origen (A.D. C. 185-254) 3. The Canon of Eusebius of Caesarea (A.D. 265-340) 4. A Canon of Uncertain Date And Provenance Inserted In Codex Claromontanus 5. The Canon of Cyril of...

Those writings which possessed the unmistakable stamp and guarantee of Apostolic origin must from the very first have been specially prized and venerated, and their copies eagerly sought by local Churches and individual Christians of means, in preference to the narratives and Logia, or Sayings...

From these we can identify five principal "fringe" books later omitted from the canon proper. They are: the Didache (or Teaching of the Twelve Apostles), the Shepherd of Hermas, the Apocalypse of Peter, the Epistle of Barnabas and the Epistle of Clement. Googled authoritive christain books...

The 27 books were canonized in the council of Hippo in year 393. This was later affirmed in the council of Carthage in year 397 and 419. To my knowledge the only place lists of authoritive books were written down before the councils was in the Church Fathers. No Baptist or Protestant Church...

The Didache is an early handbook of an anonymous Christian community, likely written before some of the New Testament books were written. It spells out a way of life for Jesus-followers that includes instruction on how to treat one another... It was and is authoritive as a work of history...

Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. His flesh was created, concieved by God the Holy Spirit.

start at #31

first communication with Adam and Eve comes to mind

Truth is doctrine was becoming more defined via Church FAthers(who were taught by the Apostles) and by Councils. You get a failing grade when it comes to Church History.

The canon of the NT was not defined until about 400 AD CE.

just poking around

The most outstanding of the Dead Sea Scrolls is undoubtedly the Isaiah Scroll (Manuscript A) – the only biblical scroll from Qumran that has been preserved in its entirety (it is 734 cm long). This scroll is also one of the oldest to have been preserved; scholars estimate that it was written...

Tov's list is well known for being inacturate. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Septuagint https://biblearchaeology.org/research/new-testament-era/4022-a-brief-history-of-the-septuagint https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septuagint_manuscripts https://www.gotquestions.org/septuagint.html...

https://www.calvarychapelboston.com/Biblical%20Basis%20Trinity%20Bowman.pdf