---
title: 'A Recently Proposed Test of Canonicity'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Marcellus McPheeters'
date: 1891-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Apologetical Method'
- 'Bible and Canon'
scriptures:
- 'John 20'
- 'John 14'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/mcpheeters-1891-a-recently-proposed-test-of-canonicity
---

# A Recently Proposed Test of Canonicity

Analyzes St. John's argument from miracles and surveys tests of canonicity—Roman church authority, Protestant apostolic/historical proof; criticizes a recent subjective test.

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