Revelation was disputed in the Greek East, with Amphilochius reporting that most rejected it.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Amphilochius of Iconium, verse canon list
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Was Revelation Almost Left Out of the Bible?
Was Revelation Almost Left Out of the Bible?
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In the Greek East, effectively yes, and in one sense it still is.
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Eusebius does something with this book he does not do with any other: he files it under both the recognized and the rejected, in the same passage, with a shrug that amounts to if it seem right.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Eusebius, Historia Ecclesiastica 3.25
The Foundation's canon-list dataset finds Revelation unusually divided between Eastern and Western witnesses.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Asher Wilder, canon-list dataset
Jerome, writing around 394, states the situation as a plain contemporary fact: the Greeks doubt Revelation and the Latins doubt Hebrews.
Imported citation, not independently checked: Jerome, Epistula 129
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