What other problem confronted those who wished to determine the contents of theNew Testament?
Before the inspired books were recognized as such, many other bookshad been written and by many were thought to be inspired; hence the Catholic Churchmade a thorough examination of the whole question; biblical scholars spent years in theHoly Land studying the original languages of New Testament writings. Comment: According to the present-day “Bible-only” theory, in the abovecircumstances, it would also have been necessary for early Christians to read all thedoubtful books and, by interior illumination, judge which were and were not divinelyinspired. 11.
