Assertion: apostle's doctrine | /r/HasProperty | formulated in second century
Facets:
value: as a response to gnostic claims
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: Ramsey says that the doctrine was formulated in the second century in the first of the three senses given by him, originally as a response to Gnostic claims of having received secret teaching from Christ or the apostles; it emphasised the public manner in which the apostles had passed on authentic teaching to those whom they entrusted with the care of the churches they founded and that these in turn had passed it on to their successors.