What is the name for all four gospel-writers as a group?

Answer 1

The four gospel writers who became part of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John, are called the Evangelists.

Additionally, Matthew, Mark, and Luke (but not John) are considered Synoptic Gospels because they share the source "Q".

Answer 2

The four men were 'disciples' of Christ meaning 'imitators' while two were Apostles or those especially called out by Christ to spread the core message of the Kingdom of God. Mark and Luke were evangelists. Each one presents from their particular perspective with Matthew who announces Jesus as King, Mark presenting Him as Servant, Luke, the physician and learned person focuses on Him as Man and John the youngest highlights Him as God. Reading these will show us that Jesus is our perfect model in each of those roles.

These four writers - as God inspires all Scripture - were part of the 'eyewitness' period of the Crucifixion event. There is more than enough tradition to support this statement but as German papyrologist Carsten Peter Thiede who found the papyrus called Magdalen GR 17 in 1994 said, " The Gospels are accounts that go back to the time of the eyewitnesses. I don't think there can be any historical doubt about this, irrespective of papyri. There are numerous reasons-historical, textual, critical, literary, historical reasons-for a dating of the Gospels to the period of the eyewitnesses" (quoted from his interview with 'The Good News Magazine').

Answer 3

All the New Testament gospels were written anonymously, until the second-century Church Fathers decided to choose Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as possible authors. As a group, these putative authors are known as the evangelists.

Answer 4

Luke, Matthew, Mark, John

Answer 5

Evangelists