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Matthew , Mark , Luke and John
AnswerAll the Gospel writers was/were anonymous. Search the web yourself to confirm.. AnswerSearching the web certainly gives loads of information on many things. In this case, a careful search will reveal two different perspectives. The one stated above is widely held by many who wish to dis-credit The Bible, as if anonymity discredits the truth of what is contained therein.However, it is not factually correct to say the gospels were anonymous. They were all attributed to the authors mentioned at an early date. The titles in Greek kata matthion, kata markonetc were put on the scrolls to differentiate them from other documents in much the same way as we have titles on the binding of our modern books. There is near absolute unanimity among ancient sources, who were in a position to know, regarding authorship. If they were anonymous it would have been expected that various authors would have been suggested by ancient writers. This is not the case.
Thus the Gospel writers were indeed Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Response to Above Answer
Actually the previous statment is true the gospel writers are indeed unknown they cannot be the original followers of christ given that the earliest written biblical gospel (Mark) dates to 65 AD at the earliest the death of Jeasus occurring in Circa AD 30, these texts are of unknown authorship, with the names Matthew, Mark, Luke and John simply being tags ascribed to the texts by early christian tradition. Given that the books were first writen during the reign of Nero and following the attempted purge of the christians in AD 65 it would have been sheer ideocy for a writer to use his name, which is why none of the gospel authors identify themselves. Although the gospel of luke has a preface in which the author gives the circumstances of his writing and dedicates the work to a man named Theophades (the spelling of that name is incorrect but i don't have a bible so cannot look it up) Infact these early biographic gospels simply draw on information found in the word of mouth of the teachings of those old enough to have heard Jeasus's origanal deciples speakand information provided in earlier Apocraphal Gospels none of which made it into the biblical cannon as they are diverse in nature, with books such as the gospel of truth, or the gospel of hillip being little more than theological tretises rather than stories of Jeasus, others suc as the gospel of Thomas are belived to be little more than collections of the sayings of Jeasus, which were drawn on by the writers of the biblical gospels.
The reason that no one in the ancient world suggested alternative authorship is due to the fact that at this period (end of Julio-Claudian Dynasty) the christian comunity was a largly annonmous one and so it would benift no christian writers to identify themselves or others. Writers of the silver age of Latin literature and the Second Sophistic (contemopry greek and roman writers) were entirly disintrested in the subject, and i can think of no surviving text from this period of antiquity that discusses the topic of christian authorship in any way. Although early christian writers dating to the mid second century AD (around 60 or so years after the publication of the earliest biblical gospel) all agree on the authorship, they are at too far a remove in time to properly support these claims, and recent christian theological schollarship has largly discredited these claims.
None of what i am saying is anti christian it is simply accepted historical theory. None of this is challanged by christian theologians and while it cannot be presented as fact, due to the difficulty of dealing with a period of time at such a vast remove, the is little else in the way of alternative theory and is widely accepted.
Answer / correction of above
Above writer claims that the earliest gospel dates to around AD60. While it may be true that the current extant (existing) gospel fragments we have date to around this period (with some margin of error either way) It is not correct to cite this as this as the oldest ever written gospel.
It is highly probably that there were many older recordings of the gospel accounts which were destroyed or lost during the formative years of the christian church under persecution from both Jews and Romans.
Given Jewish tradition the accounts would also have been passed on very accurately orally during the early period.
When people talk about the earliest gospel being written 30 or so years after Jesus's death and resurrection, they are making a dubious assumption that the current earliest gospels are the first ones written when it is highly likely there were many others prior to this which were destroyed, or have been lost and not yet uncovered.
So it is important to be aware of this.
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Who were the women who wrote Gospels?
A:There is a non-canonical Gospel of Mary, attributed to Mary Magdalene. However, care should be taken in reading this attribution. From earliest times, it was the practice to attribute gospels to the disciples and acquaintances of Jesus, lending them authority. We actually know none of the gospel authors but it is unlikely that a woman wrote any gospel story.
Are Matthew Mark Luke and John are certain religion?
In the Christian faith these four are the names of the authors of the first four books of the New Testament known as Gospels. They lived either as contemporaries of Jesus Christ, in the case of Matthew and John or as of those who knew Jesus, in the case of Mark and Luke.
How many Gospels are in the New Testament?
There are four gospels in the New Testament - Matthew. Mark. Luke, and John.
How many gospels are there in the New Testament?
There are 4 Gospels in the New testamentMatthewMarkLukeJohn
Were the evangelists also disciples of Jesus?
The authors of the four New Testament gospels are collectively known as the evangelists. However, the gospels were originally anonymous and were only attributed to the apostles whose names they now bear, later in the second century. Thus, by tradition, the authors of Matthew's Gospel and John's Gospel are regarded as disciples of Jesus, while the authors of Mark and Luke, while important apostles, were not original disciples.However, scholars say that none of the evangelists could have been an eyewitness to the events described, and therefore none of the evangelists was among the disciples of Jesus. We do not know who the gospel authors were.
The four gospels are?
The four canonical Gospels are recognized by Christians as being those written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. The Gospels take their names from their assumed authors and comprise the first part of the New Testament compilation.The four Gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — each present the life and/or ministry of Jesus from the author's point of view.
How many gospel authors are there in the Bible?
There are four gospels in the Bible, each written by a different author, so there are four gospel writers. All the gospels were written anonymously and only attributed to the apostles whose names they now bear, later in the second century. There is no good reason to believe that these were the actual authors of the gospels, so we do not know the names of the four gospel writers. John's Gospel might have been written by more than one evangelist.
How Matthew Mark Luke and John are related to bible?
They are the traditional authors of the four gospels, the first 4 books of the New Testament, and their book is named after tham.
Why did the four gospel writers become saints?
We do not know who the real authors of the four New Testament gospels were, since the gospels were all written anonymously, meaning that these authors are not canonised saints. However, once the decision was made that the four gospels were probably written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, it was natural that the early Christians would want to honour these men as saints. In the earliest days of Christianity, this was effectively by acclamation, but in later centuries saints could only be canonised by a bishop and even later, in western Europe, by the pope.
How do Christians confirm that the Gospels are true when they were written by human authors instead of by God?
Many Christians have faith that the Gospels are true even though they were written by human authors instead of by God. Often, the events in different Gospels can be compared to each other to find the validity in them.
What are the four narrative that cover the life and death of Jesus?
The four gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John
Who was four Gospels written by?
No one knows who wrote the gospels.
Are any of the authors of 4 Gospels disciples of Jesus?
Matthew and John were disciples.
How many books are Gospels in the Bible?
there are four gospels in the bible
Who were the women who wrote Gospels?
A:There is a non-canonical Gospel of Mary, attributed to Mary Magdalene. However, care should be taken in reading this attribution. From earliest times, it was the practice to attribute gospels to the disciples and acquaintances of Jesus, lending them authority. We actually know none of the gospel authors but it is unlikely that a woman wrote any gospel story.
Are there more than four Gospels?
There are dozens of gospels apart from the four that were chosen by Irenaeus for inclusion in the New Testament.
When was A Collation of Four Important Manuscripts of the Gospels created?
A Collation of Four Important Manuscripts of the Gospels was created in 1877.
