In Reply to: To Eva: The heart of the matter posted by Alan on January 06, 2004 at 02:06:45:
Alan, come to think of it, the only apostle that Eva explicity says that she rejects is Paul. She didn't actually say that she rejected the epistles of James, Jude, John and Peter. I guess you could come to that conclusion by inference, however, since the epistles of these these four additional apostles were in agreement with Paul on the fundamentals of the faith. For example, I and II Peter contain the same strong messages that Paul had, and a verse in II Peter even calls Paul's writings "scripture".
As far as the book of James, most people have a lot more trouble with James than with Paul's writings, & in the short little letter of Jude, Jude definitely didn't mince his words. Jude & II Peter actually copy each other in key places.
But it could be that Eva still accepts the epistles of John. Do you, Eva? and what about the book of Revelation which many feel was written by John, either that or the presbyter John, as the historian Papias suggests.(I feel funny asking you this question knowing that you're now busy studying or whatever your're doing, and may not even come here and answer this, but you did write a great deal which we are all still pondering and discussing. If you get a chance, drop by, OK?)