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Who Wrote The Gospels ?
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My granddaughter goes to a C of E school and amongst her RE homework were two questions which she apparently got wrong, despite the fact she had asked her Sunday School teacher.
1. What is meant by ' The Gospel Truth '.
2. Who wrote the 4 Gospels ?
I know the answers but I don't ever interfere and in any case I'm not sure what the school is looking for.
What do you think ?
1. What is meant by ' The Gospel Truth '.
2. Who wrote the 4 Gospels ?
I know the answers but I don't ever interfere and in any case I'm not sure what the school is looking for.
What do you think ?
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1.gospel truth
Something that is unquestionably true. For example, Every word he uttered was the gospel truth . The word gospel , which comes from the Old English god spel , "good news," has been used to describe something that is thought to be as true as the biblical gospel (that is, undeniably true) since the 13th century. The current idiom originated in the 1600s, when it referred to biblical truths, and has been applied to truth of a more general nature since the late 1800s
Something that is unquestionably true. For example, Every word he uttered was the gospel truth . The word gospel , which comes from the Old English god spel , "good news," has been used to describe something that is thought to be as true as the biblical gospel (that is, undeniably true) since the 13th century. The current idiom originated in the 1600s, when it referred to biblical truths, and has been applied to truth of a more general nature since the late 1800s
Modeller you're being a little disingenuous ( again ) here
As someone in another thread where you were arguing the toss over details of Hebrew in the OT - you er know who wrote the 4 Gospels.
The Gospel truth means here - the unvarnished revealed, true truth - as revealed by God in the Gospels. Phrase dates from the time when the Gospels were word for word true.
Writers of the Gospels - at skool - must mean Mt Mk, Luke and Jn.
I think the kids probably said they were the 4 apostles and not evangelists.
Or the evangelists were apostles. I can remember my surprise when I was told at 12 they were nt the same. It was Pappius wasnt it, who wrote that Mark had followed Peter around in Rome noting down what he said in particular order, but that Peter was aware what he was doing and raised no objection ?
I dont think skool kids are reqd to know that sort of detail.
As someone in another thread where you were arguing the toss over details of Hebrew in the OT - you er know who wrote the 4 Gospels.
The Gospel truth means here - the unvarnished revealed, true truth - as revealed by God in the Gospels. Phrase dates from the time when the Gospels were word for word true.
Writers of the Gospels - at skool - must mean Mt Mk, Luke and Jn.
I think the kids probably said they were the 4 apostles and not evangelists.
Or the evangelists were apostles. I can remember my surprise when I was told at 12 they were nt the same. It was Pappius wasnt it, who wrote that Mark had followed Peter around in Rome noting down what he said in particular order, but that Peter was aware what he was doing and raised no objection ?
I dont think skool kids are reqd to know that sort of detail.
The point is , who were M,M,L and John ? All the Gospels were written decades after the death of Christ i,e between 30 to 80 years later, in Greek.
Some historians put them even later. When one remembers the disciples were ordinary illiterate people speaking Aramaic, as were the great majority of the Jews. If this is true who did write the Gospels ?
Some historians put them even later. When one remembers the disciples were ordinary illiterate people speaking Aramaic, as were the great majority of the Jews. If this is true who did write the Gospels ?
If god wanted us to know the answers to those questions he would have made them quite clear. As it isn't obvious what the answers are then it is also obvious that god doesn't want us to know the answers, therefore to try and find the answers is to go against the will of god. Isn't that the way it works?
black cat . All I know/understand is that they were supposedly written by four Greeks and were first put together by the scholar Ireanes between AD 140 and 180. but I doubt that is what the school wanted. John's Gospel wasn't written by a single person but compiled by the Johaness Society. That's why its content differs so much from the others.
Oops Modeller - the evangelists were different to the apostles ( of that name ) - see your last post. Perhaps that is why she got marked ha! down.
The difficulty about saying Mark didnt write Mark -is OK who did then ?
Well why dont we call him for the sake of argument er Mark [rather than Wayne] and distinguish him from the evangelist of whom we know nothing by calling him deutero-Mark ( about we only know what Pappius said and otherwise about whom we know nothing ] ]
The difficulty about saying Mark didnt write Mark -is OK who did then ?
Well why dont we call him for the sake of argument er Mark [rather than Wayne] and distinguish him from the evangelist of whom we know nothing by calling him deutero-Mark ( about we only know what Pappius said and otherwise about whom we know nothing ] ]
