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minus-squareAssortedBiscuits [they/them]hexbear3·1 month agoMy recollections of an early Christianity course I took in college was that: You could set a criteria based on historicity that would include most books of the New Testament outside of Revelations. There's no real criteria that would include every single book of the New Testament minus Revelations but exclude the Gospel of Thomas. Revelations almost didn't make the cut because a lot of church fathers disliked it. The Shepherd of Hermas is a book that a lot of church fathers liked but ultimately didn't make the cut. link
My recollections of an early Christianity course I took in college was that:
You could set a criteria based on historicity that would include most books of the New Testament outside of Revelations.
There's no real criteria that would include every single book of the New Testament minus Revelations but exclude the Gospel of Thomas.
Revelations almost didn't make the cut because a lot of church fathers disliked it.
The Shepherd of Hermas is a book that a lot of church fathers liked but ultimately didn't make the cut.