[daniel1212]

There is circularity in this claim. Yes, the 2nd Century based its claims on the doctrines than came from the Apostles, and the fact that they were in writing substantiated their historicity. But the fact that they had been preserved seems to indicate they were preserved because they substantiated the claims of those who preserved them.

I am referring to before the 2nd c. and even the completion of the NT, and thus i asked the questions which remain unanswered.

[RobbyS]

Are you asserting that the New Testament is a summa of the doctrines of the primitive church?