with the epistle that bears the name of Jude, which is also one of the seven so-called Catholic Epistles. Nevertheless we know that these also, with the rest, have been read publicly in very many churches. (H.E. 2.23.25) He says something rather similar about 2 Peter: “the so-called second epistle [of Peter] we have not received as canonical, but nevertheless it has appeared useful to many, and has been studied with the other scriptures” (H.E. 3.3.1). In these comments Eusebius provides us with a
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