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According to Paul.
I thought I said I did.
According to Scripture
Agree to disagree. Constantine ok'd the biblical canon. Constantine was the dictator that brought about the Dark Ages. He adopted Christianity and used it as a weapon. In the words of Mormon historian James Talmage (I'm not a Mormon, but Talmage nails the history here):
It was Constantine that OK'd the letters of Paul to be included in the Bible. It was Constantine who invited idolatry into "the church", so it's no wonder he was keen to have Paul define Christ's doctrine, no matter how ridiculous it sounded when held up to the four gospels. If you think Paul's letters got it right, I think you need to spend a little more time reading Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Idolatry is idolatry is idolatry.
Nah...long before Constantine, 21 books were acknowledged by all Christians (the 4 Gospels, Acts, 13 Paul, 1 Peter, 1 John, Revelation). There were 10 disputed books (Hebrews, James, 2 Peter, 2-3 John, Jude, Ps-Barnabas, Hermas, Didache, Gospel of Hebrews) and several that most all considered heretical—Gospels of Peter, Thomas, Matthaias, Acts of Andrew, John, etc
"All Christians." I don't think you can prove that. Regardless, I'm glad we have what we have, but like I said, I don't think Paul got it right. Idolatry is idolatry is idolatry. Jesus was his golden calf one way or the other.