CHAPTER XIV.
THAT THE FOUR GOSPELS ARE GENUINE FROM EXTERNAL TESTIMONY.
(A.) The Undisputed Testimony.
End of second century; Irenæus, his evidence of great value.
(B.) The almost Undisputed Testimony.
(1.) Justin Martyr, A.D. 150, refers to some Apostolic Memoirs, which were publicly read among Christians; and his quotations show that these were our Four Gospels.
(2.) Tatian, Justin's disciple, A.D. 175, wrote the Diatessaron, or harmony of Four Gospels.
(3.) Marcion, A.D. 140, wrote a Gospel based on St. Luke's.
(C.) The Disputed Testimony.
(1.) Papias, mentions the first two Gospels by name.