"What was the canon of the Old Testament Scripture can be understood from statements which are found in the New Testament. In the New Testament John saw the writings of three evangelists and approved them. Paul marked his epistles with a peculiar sign; Peter saw them and commended them to the church. John added both his own testimony and that of the church to his writings. For it is not just any authority that is required, but that of the apostles, in order that a writing in the New Testament may be proved to be canonical, or divinely inspired.
[What about Mark and Luke?]
Here belongs the other statement of Augustine: 'They wrote at a time in which they earned the approval not only of the church of Christ but also of the apostles themselves who were still living.' " Martin Chemnitz, "Examen," Part I, pages 177,178
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