of the Apostles and the wings UL these "Memoirs" (which in another egarded as Holy Scriptures. Justin and their followers," as the writers - of Matthew and John as Apostles, their "followers," and this accords Four Gospels, as reliable tradition -s us. The validity of this tradition ony of Justin and his eminent con sleeve, Professor of Greek in Johns ore, author of "The Apologies of ntroduction to this volume (xxxvi): with the Fourth Gospel, the whole nool falls to the ground." He refers, chool, of which Ferdinand Christian r held that Paul wrote the four d 2nd Corinthians, and Galatians-d disciple, wrote the Apocalypse; the New Testament were spurious hat the Four Gospels, containing the Christianity, were written long after uthors, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and t Matthew may have been written it A.D. 150; Mark could not have of ssor of Greek in Johns hians, and Galatians- in that thirteen ye Dr. Sanday though works of early Chr "The Diatessaron unrecognized existe Diatessaron" has c be the axe lying a brought down the t many souls. It is (to use the expres fabric of a great hi It is wellnigh in almost certainly hi this Fourth Gospe extensive use. It is the key to Justin Gospels, Tatian m life in Palestine, Hi Ascension; he took *"Diatessaron" (" Four Gospels interwov and works. ept the Second Epistle of Peter.† e been mistaken; for speaking of Callistus, Hippolytus uses language as its origin. The important point e authority of the New Testament. ons of Hippolytus on the paramount Faith and doctrine are as strong as his is by no means an exaggeration ; e New Testament writing as "The Word of God." Le God, my brothers, and Him we ptures. Thus, all those who wisdom will not learn it from any Word of God." Further on he adds: vill, not according to our reason, nor ; but let us see all this as He has 'Scriptures." e testimony of Hippolytus to bear acceptance as Holy Scripture of the Partly because he was a man of Born only about fifty years after brought up under the tutelage of athers," vol. ix, p. 39. d His Age," vol. ii, p. 144. he mire," is the expression. staken; octrine are as strong as brothers, and Him we not learn it from any Further on he adds: rding to our reason, nor see all this as He has of Hippolytus to bear s Holy Scripture of the use he was a man of about fifty years after under the tutelage of p. 39. ii, p. 144. expression. he deals with, or Of these three as martyrs for other, Irenæus, martyrdom of Po in what we now too died a marty this. Lightfoot says o that our four can Church in his ow beginning." He was a conte 30 years, and Pol for probably more at Smyrna, he sai Apostle John had book among the I genuineness as the us. *He seems, from the time of his marty (86 +14= 100), if I v P པསལསལ་ www probably many others who were directly from the Apostle John judgment, as to what John told hat John tells us in His Gospelhe following:-(Gospel of John, lesh, and dwelt among us, and we f the only-begotten of the Father." tle: "That which was from the rd, which we have seen with our on, and our hands have handled, at which we have seen and heard nnant of his works which we have) red times and almost every book ay be very sure that he had very He would not have called them ark, Luke, and John, if he had not els of the Four Evangelists. oman classics, as we call them; are lost except his "Epistle to the high authority, is " chiefly valuable of scriptural phraseology, the authenew Testament." Dean Farrar, pp. 100 ff. |