Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

and distortion of historical fact, the two positions
cannot be harmonized.
James Michener, Legacy (1987): Women ...
will no longer kowtow to the fulminations of St
Paul.
Bruce Metzger, The Canon of the New
Testament (1987): According to [some] scholars
the presence of contradictions between New
Testament books ... makes it necessary to
establish a critical canon.... For example, the
eschatology of Luke-Acts cannot, it is said, be
harmonized with Paul's eschatology.... Again, the
outlook on the Old Testament law in the Epistle to
the Romans certainly appears to be different from
the outlook in Matt.v.18.... Furthermore, the Epistle
of James attacks the Pauline doctrine of
justification by faith alone. For these and similar
reasons, it is argued,... there [is] no unity within
the canon.
Watchtower Bible & Tract Society, Insight
on the Scriptures, ‘Paul’ (1988): Whose name then
appears among those on the ‘twelve foundation
stones’ of the New Jerusalem of John's vision—
Matthias' or Paul's? (Rev/Ap 21:2,14) ... God's
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