CHAPTER I

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THE ORIGIN AND AUTHORITY OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

ACTS i. 1, 2.

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Title--Apocryphal Acts--Paul and Thecla--Evidence of Tertullian--His Chronological Position--Modern Analogies--Muratorian Fragment and Bobbio--Epistle from Lyons--Pothinus an Apostolic Man--Marcion and St. Luke--Defects of German Criticism--Growth of New Testament Canon--Newly-discovered Second Century Documents-- Scillitan Martyrs--Primitive Christians and Biblical Criticism--Advantages of Uncertainty on Theology-- Theological Accuracy of St. Luke 1-22

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