Who is the author of the most gospels?

Answer 1

A:There are four New Testament gospels, all of which were originally anonymous until the Church Fathers decided to attribute them to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John later in the second century. On these attributions, each author wrote one gospel, although we do not really know who the authors were.

Undoubtedly, the author of Mark's Gospel was the most influential, not only because this was the first gospel to be written, but because Matthew and Luke were substantially based on Mark, with John in turn loosely based on Luke.

Answer 2

A:

All the New Testament gospels were originally anonymous, and were only attributed to the persons whose names they now bear, later in the second century. We therefore can not actually name any author, or the main author. However, it is now known that Mark's Gospel was the first to be written and that the Gospels of Matthew and Luke were substantially based on it, with further sayings material taken from the hypothetical 'Q' document. John's Gospel was, in turn, loosely based on Luke's Gospel, with some material taken direct from Mark. So we could say that the author of Mark's Gospel was the main author of the gospels, although we will probably never know this author's name.

Another View:

The only 'author' of all Scripture is God. The multiple 'writer's of works in The Bible varies as does the attributes of each of the 4 Gospel writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John noted by many 2nd Century AD 'learned' men onwards to our present time:

2 Timothy 3:16-17New International Version (NIV)

16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.