JW's Canonicity of Scripture Rebuttle

[zemi]

What would you say to a JW replying to the question of canonization process by this quotation?:

By the end of the second century there was no question but that the canon of the Christian Greek Scriptures was closed, and we find such ones as Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, and Tertullian recognizing the writings comprising the Christian Scriptures as carrying authority equal to that of the Hebrew Scriptures. Irenaeus in appealing to the Scriptures makes no fewer than 200 quotations from Paul’s letters. Clement says he will answer his opponents by “the Scriptures which we believe are valid from their omnipotent authority,” that is, “by the law and the prophets, and besides by the blessed Gospel.”

The Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. II, p. 409, “The Stromata, or Miscellanies.”

I have some arguments, but I’d like to hear more from you all

 

[garysibio]

I have some arguments, but I’d like to hear more from you all

I think my first point would be that the ECFs also quote from the deuterocanonical books which are missing from the NWT’s canon.

I would also show how the canon was being disputed as late asd the 4th century.

Gary

 

[thistle]

I have some arguments, but I’d like to hear more from you all

ntcanon.org/

 

[Catholic_Dude]

I have some arguments, but I’d like to hear more from you all

They cant look to the ECFs as an authority or guide.