How The Ante-Nicene Church Fathers Preserved The Eyewitness Gospel Accounts – J Warner Wallace

Here is another excellent post from the desk of J. Warner Wallace.  Infrequently, one may encounter skeptics that make false claims about the New Testament, especially pertaining to when the canon of Scripture was formed. This post specifically addresses these accusations.

The students of the apostles played a pivotal role in preserving and promoting the eyewitness Gospel accounts. While many skeptics claim the New Testament Canon was formed during 4^th Century Church Councils (such as the Council of Nicea or Laodicea), the earliest believers had already preserved the canonical gospels and letters centuries prior. In fact, the early Church leaders prior to the first council at Nicea (known as the Ante-Nicene Church Fathers), began to collect and affirm the canon of Scripture in three separate geographical areas. The first surviving list of canonical texts dates to approximately 170AD in what is now known as the “Muratorian Fragment”, a partial copy of an ancient text discovered in the Ambrosian Library in Milan in the 18th century. 

To read the rest of this excellent post, please click on the direct link below:
https://coldcasechristianity.com/writings/how-the-ante-nicene-church-fathers-preserved-the-eyewitness-gospel-accounts/

Worthy is the Lamb! Blessings!