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Authentic [centered]

I Quoted by writers in close suc-
-cession from that time till now ~

1 Peter & Paul – 5 Fathers
contemporary. Clement, Ig-
-natius – Polycarp – Papias —

Justin Martyr – Tatian – Po-
-thinus, Iranaeus [Irenaeus] —

II Marks of respect. Read in
assemblies – Collected in vol. [volumes].

200 quotations &c. [etc.] – in 60 years
Canon complete 3 or 400 years

Adversaries Celsus, Porphyry, Julian,
Manuscripts – 2^nd [second] Century Syriac,

III Language & Style ~