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Quotation from Against Heresies by Irenaeus of Lyons
“It is not possible that the Gospels can be either more or fewer in number than they are.”
Against Heresies, Book III, Chapter XI: Proofs in continuation, extracted from St. John's Gospel. The Gospels are four in number,, trans. Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut (1868–1869)
Book III, chapter 11, beginning Irenaeus's argument for exactly four Gospels.
Citation: "It is not possible that the Gospels can be either more or fewer in number than they are." — Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book III, Chapter XI: Proofs in continuation, extracted from St. John's Gospel. The Gospels are four in number,, trans. Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut (1868–1869). (id irenaeus-against-heresies-q1)
