The earliest and best copies of the four Gospels are unanimously attributed to: Mathew, Mark, Luke and John. Titles at times are abbreviated but the familiar names are found in every single manuscript we possess.Ģ. There is absolute uniformity in the authors to whom each of the books is attributed in every language. There are no anonymous manuscripts of the four Gospels.ġ. Q: You know what the biggest problem with the theory of anonymous Gospels is?Ī: There’s no evidence for it. You’ll get users here who’ll claim the Gospels are anonymous. The historicity of such attributions is questionable. authority (these gospels authoratively contain apostolic teaching so lets use their titles to communcate that).tradition (maybe Christians converted by the apostle John and his witness formed a community that produced the gospel and the epistles of 'John').association ('Acts' was writted as a sequel to 'Luke' and 'Acts' talks a lot about Paul - hey a match!).sources (The disciple Matthew could have been the source for the sayings of Jesus added to the gospel of 'Mark's material to make the gospel of 'Matthew').literal writers (John Mark could have literally written Mark.).The meaning of such attributions is debatable. 'John' with one of Jesus' closest disiples.'Luke' with a doctor companion of Paul, and.'Mark' with John Mark a companion of Peter.'Matthew' with the tax collector appostle.Who these names are though is a different matter.įrom as early as the second century (for example by church fathers Irenaeus and Papius) these names are lined up with characters mentioned in the Bible: They had to be written by someone - they don't look like they were written by a committee - and these names are never disputed. The books themselves are anonymous (although the gospels of Luke and John refer to their authors within the texts, they do not identify the authors).įrom the earliest copies we have where names are given of authors in titles, those names are always 'Matthew', 'Mark', 'Luke' and 'John'. Please visit the wiki for the complete list. No one comes to the Father except through me." - John 14:6Ĭome chat with us on IRC /#reddit-Christianity /#reddit-Christianity-meta Religious/Denominational Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. If you are asking a question, be sure to check our FAQ as it may have already been addressed there. Our Community Policy (XP for short) contains guidelines to help promote healthy discussion and discourage trolling, please review it.
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