"The earliest complete Bible is from the time of the apostles."
The earliest complete Bible is Codex Sinaiticus, ~AD 350.
Evidence card
The rating is tied to the stated evidence, the stated caveat, and the named source trail below.
Evidence
What can be affirmed
Caveat
What the slogan hides
Source trail
2 named sources
What's actually true
Codex Sinaiticus (~AD 350) is the earliest manuscript that contains a complete New Testament. Codex Vaticanus (~AD 325) is roughly contemporary but lacks Hebrews 9:14 onward, the Pastorals, Philemon, and Revelation.
What gets left out
Both are roughly three centuries after the apostles. Both also include books no longer considered canonical (Sinaiticus has Barnabas and Hermas; Vaticanus has the LXX deuterocanonicals). The 'apostolic' Bible never existed as a single object.
Source trail
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Citation cue
Codex Sinaiticus Project
Citation cue
Skeat 1999