Apocrypha | Exploring the enigmatic apocryphal writings beyond the canon of Scripture.: Discourses

Melito, overseer of the church at Sardis, had numerous other works, but none fully extant, except perhaps his topical Peri Pascha. Numerous fragments from his discourses and works are still available today. Notably, from the Book of Extracts, Melito certifiably defines the canon of the Old Testament; this, in combination with the Muratorian Canon, demonstrates quite conclusively that the present 66-book canon is essentially traceable to the 2nd century at the latest, and not post-Nicaea as many conspiracists suppose.