One thing must be emphatically stated. The New Testament books did not become authoritative for the Church because they were formally included in a canonical list; on the contrary, the Church included them in her canon because she already regarded them as divinely inspired, recognizing their innate worth and generally apostolic authority, direct or indirect.
F. F. BruceThere is no body of ancient literature in the world which enjoys such a wealth of good textual attestation as the New Testament.
F. F. BruceGod bestows His blessings without discrimination. The followers of Jesus are children of God, and they should manifest the family likeness by doing good to all, even to those who deserve the opposite.
F. F. BruceSome writers may toy with the fancy of a โChrist-myth,โ but they do not do so on the ground of historical evidence. The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar. It is not historians who propagate the โChrist-mythโ theories.
F. F. Bruce