...the Acts of the Apostles by St. Luke : concerning the genuineness of the other seven books, namely, the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistle of St James,...second Epistle of St. Peter, the second and third Epistles of St. John, the Epistle of St. Jude, and the Revelation, there was for some time considerable...

...justification by faith alone; others have doubted the canonicity of these, and, in addition, of the Apocalypse, the second Epistle of St. Peter, the second and third of St. John, and that of St. Paul to Philemon ; others still reject the Gospel according to St. John, and indeed...

...received is undoubted. There were indeed discussions in separate Churches as to some of the sacred books; the Second Epistle of St. Peter, the Second and Third of St. John, the Epistle of St. Jude, and the Revelation ; and the fact no doubt shews that the Canon of the New Testament was formed by...

...to the works on this subject, whose titles are given in the list of books prefixed to this volume. The Second Epistle of St. Peter, the Second and Third of St. John, the Epistle of St. James, and the Epistle of St. Jude were also questioned by some in the early Church ; but upon a closer...

...Books. ' Luther rejected from the canon of the Scriptures Job, Ecclesiastes, the Epistle to the Hebrews, the second Epistle of St. Peter, the second and third of St. John, that of St. Jude, and the Apocalypse. Calvin removed also from it the books of Esther, Tobias, Judith,...

...Whatever was the objection, or whether, in truth, there ever was any real objection to the authenticity of the second Epistle of St. Peter, the second and third of St. John, the Epistle of St. James, or that of St. Jude, or to the book of the Revelation of St. John, the doubts that .appear to...

...was the objection, or whether, in truth, there ever was any real objection, to the authenticity of the Second Epistle of St. Peter, the Second and Third of St. John, the Epistle of St. James, or that of St. Jude, or to the book of the Eevelation of St. John, the doubts that appear to...

...would be at once admitted; when this was not the case, or any doubt prevailed, as it did in regard to the Epistle of St. James, the Second Epistle of St. Peter, the Second and Third Epistles of St. John, the Epistle of Jude, and for a longer period, and probably to a greater extent,...

...justification by faith alone; others have doubted the canonicity of these, and, in addition, of the Apocalypse, the second Epistle of St. Peter, the second and third of St. John, and that of St. Paul to Philemon; others still reject the Gospel according to St. John, and indeed...

...moment. The books in regard to which there was discussion were the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Catholic Epistle of St. James, the second Epistle of St. Peter, the second and third Epistles of St. John, the Epistle of St. Jude, and the Apocalypse of St. John. Here the doubt among...