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Biblical Literature, Late-2nd-century canons

By the end of the 2nd century, Irenaeus used the four canonical Gospels, 13 letters of Paul, I Peter, I and II John, Revelation, Shepherd of Hermas (a work later excluded from the canon), and Acts. Justin Martyr (died c. 165), a Christian apologist, wrote of the reading of the Gospels, �the memoirs of the Apostles,� in the services, in which they were the basis for sermons. In his writings he quoted

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