| We have portions of the gospels dated by papyrologists to between the late 1st century - mark, luke, maybe matthew - and the early 2nd - john, in the john rylands library. We have paul's letters surviving from perhaps as early as 85 AD (chester beatty, dublin). No one claims these are original copies, so they would be copies of even earlier originals. Also, early christians like ignatius and polycarp quoted the new testament freely in the early 2nd century. The 'Roman church' does not have a unified opinion on this, or very much else. It is not an authority. Just look at its opinions on condoms and AIDS. The work of NT scholars like philip comfort, who know what they are talking about, is worth reading instead.
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