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Apr 13, 2012 at 19:59 vote accept Jon Ericson
Apr 4, 2012 at 17:49 comment added Frank Luke @Mallioch, one of my professors at AGTS did something like that for his doctoral thesis. It was huge.
Apr 3, 2012 at 21:45 comment added Mallioch I don't know of anyone saying that they weren't Pauline, so no dispute there. In leau of many early church lists, a lot of this same data could be gathered just by seeing which books were quoted as authoritative and assumed to be by Paul by which fathers. Of course I say "just", but that's a pretty monumental task. This kind of wide-sweeping data would be even stronger evidence than a canon list, but not nearly as convenient to reference :)
Apr 3, 2012 at 21:21 comment added Bruce Alderman I'll try to add more early church references; while the canon wasn't fully settled until the 4th century, the 13 letters with the name Paul at the top were not disputed.
Apr 3, 2012 at 21:14 comment added Mallioch Lots of good information here but I would avoid painting early Christian canonical thoughts in such broad strokes just based on the Muratorian canon. Other second century/early third century discussions make it clear that things weren't settled. You can at least say that at least part of the Roman Christian community accepted them as Pauline.
Apr 3, 2012 at 21:08 history edited Bruce Alderman CC BY-SA 3.0
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Apr 3, 2012 at 20:57 history answered Bruce Alderman CC BY-SA 3.0