The criteria were quite open and very sensible Writings from the first century CE that were regarded as written by apostles or by their fellow workers were regarded as reliable
पहिल्या शतकातील लिखाणे, प्रेषितांनी व त्यांच्या सहकर्मींनी लिहिली आहेत असे सर्वज्ञात असल्यामुळे त्यांना विश्‍वसनीय समजले जायचे.