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There were many gospels written over time, but the four gospels we now know were the four that most closely matched the teachings of the branch of Christianity that dominated and therefore had the privilege of defining the New Testament. The early Church Father, Irenaeus stated that there must be four and only four gospel, just as there are four corners of the earth.

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