History Of The Gospels – Texts This article covers the History Of The Gospels – Texts. One would be mistaken in thinking that once the Gospels were written they constituted the basic Scriptures of the newly born Christianity and that people referred to them the same way they referred to...
Sources Of The Gospels The latest studies in textual criticism on the sources of the Gospels have clearly shown an even more complicated formation process of the texts. The general outline that has been given here of the Gospels and which emerges from a critical examination of the texts tends...
The Gospel According To John John’s Gospel is radically different from the three others; to such an extent indeed that Father Roguet in his book Initiation to the Gospel (Initiation à l’Evangile), having commented on the other three, immediately evokes a startling image for the fourth. He calls it, the...
The Gospel According To Matthew On the basis of these observations alone, the origins of Matthew’s Gospel may be placed in the tradition of a Judeo-Christian community. Matthew’s is the first of the four Gospels as they appear in the New Testament. This position is perfectly justified by the fact...
The Four Gospels – Sources and History This article covers The Four Gospels – Sources and History. In the writings that come from the early stages of Christianity, the Gospels are not mentioned until long after the works of Paul. It was not until the middle of the Second century...
Scientific Error In The Biblical Texts This article covers the Position of Christian Authors With Regard to Scientific Error in The Biblical Texts. A Critical Examination. One is struck by the diverse nature of Christian commentators’ reactions to the existence of these accumulated errors, improbabilities and contradictions. Certain commentators acknowledge...
Gospel Of Valentine The Gospel Of Valentine is compiled of verses from the Old and New Testament along with wise words. The Gospel of Truth is joy for those who have received from the Father of truth the gift of recognizing° him, thru the power of the meaning who comes...
Four Gospels Included In The Bible There are four Gospels included in the Bible (the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John). They were composed between forty and hundred years after the departure of Jesus on the basis of some earlier documents which are now lost. Biblical scholars have...
What Is Form Criticism? Form criticism as a method of biblical criticism classifies units of scripture by literary pattern and then attempts to trace each type to its period of oral transmission. Form criticism seeks to determine a unit’s original form and the historical context of the literary tradition. Hermann...