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The Church Fathers · c. 170–200; date disputed
The Muratorian Fragment
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What it is
A damaged list of the books a Roman congregation read publicly, with brief comments on why some are accepted, some allowed privately, and some rejected outright.
Why it lasted
The earliest surviving list of New Testament books, and the primary evidence for how the canon looked before it was settled.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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