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Bible Note: Hi stjames7 First may I assure you that I have read the Roman Catholic catechism and have studied the early fathers in depth. Ignatius of Antioch was a godly man and a martyr, but he was hardly a competent theologian. The others you mention came 300 years after Christ and more. Do you really consider that as near to the events? Do you consider yourslf as near to the American War of Independence and therefore able to comment on it with special authority? I do trust in the church that Jesus founded on the Rock. But did you know that of the early fathers that you want me to take notice of 44 said that the rock was the words that Peter had spoken, 17 said that it was Christ Himself, and only 18 said that it was Peter. So listening to the early fathers and taking their majority vote I would have to reject your suggestion that Peter was the rock. And please note that that is on your terms not on mine. In fact the authority of the majority of the books of the New Testament was generally agreed among the churches long before there was a Roman Catholic church. And it was done by the consensus of churches around the world (most of whom did not own allegiance to Rome), not by one church, in the second century AD. Now they were near to the event for men wers still alive who had known the Apostles, and they knew where the Gospels and letters came from. The first in fact to authorise our present canon was the Bishop of Alexandria, Athanasius. And it was confirmed at the Council of Hippo. Thus the Eastern church were the first to confirm it. The Roman church followed their lead. With cordial best wishes jonp |