If we don't know then how did those books get their authors? Their authorship has been undisputed since the 2nd century.Also, we don't even know who wrote Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Book of Acts as the authors didn't tell us.
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If we don't know then how did those books get their authors? Their authorship has been undisputed since the 2nd century.Also, we don't even know who wrote Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and the Book of Acts as the authors didn't tell us.
Hi Enoch,If we don't know then how did those books get their authors? Their authorship has been undisputed since the 2nd century.
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It's very disputed Enoch.If we don't know then how did those books get their authors? Their authorship has been undisputed since the 2nd century.
It's very disputed Enoch. Hebrews is a mystery.
We know a lot more about the bible than we ever did.The writer of Hebrews is not at all a mystery. One would have to have a very low opinion of the intelligence of the early church, if they didn't even know the canonicity of their own Scriptures.
For sure, some lame-brained "scholars" have attacked the well-known authorship of Hebrews, in their demonic attempts to discredit Scripture. But the writer of the Hebrews was well-known in the early church. The canon of the NT had been repeated so often from the very beginning, that Athanasius was wondering if it would be tedious to repeat them yet again.
Athanasius Archbishop of Alexandria AD 328 Easter/Festal Epistles Letter xxxix
"5. Again it is not tedious to speak of the [books] of the New Testament. These are, the four Gospels, according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Afterwards, the Acts of the Apostles and Epistles (called catholic), seven, viz. of James, one; of Peter, two; of John, three; after these, one of Jude. In addition, there are fourteen Epistles of Paul, written in this order. The first, to the Romans; then two to the Corinthians; after these, to the Galatians; next, to the Ephesians; then to the Philippians; then to the Colossians; after these, two to the Thessalonians, and that to the Hebrews; and again, two to Timothy; one to Titus; and lastly, that to Philemon. And besides, the Revelation of John."
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It is extremely important to me, as I see God's unveiling plan for the church.I agree with all of the above except I'm not sure about Hebrews,,,no one seems to be which is why I said it's a mystery.
As I said...it doesn't all matter.
I'm not very familiar with Athanasius.It is extremely important to me, as I see God's unveiling plan for the church.
As we see in the chronology of Archbishop Athanasius, Paul's Epistle to the Hebrews, was his last epistle to any church, the Hebrew church at Jerusalem, as he was facing imminent death. It is the most important book in the New Testament, explaining the transition from the Old Covenant to the New Covenant.
After that, Paul's remaining letters were all final goodbye letters to his friends before he was executed.
IMO, Athanasius was perhaps the wisest and most learned of the church fathers.
I'm not very familiar with Athanasius.
I think Aquinas would give him some competition!
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The Syriac Peshitta is the oldest translation of the Bible. The New Testament is from the 2nd century and Mattai (Matthew) is the first book in that NT. So Matthew's Gospel was in circulation from the time he (also called Levi) wrote it, and it was clearly identified along with Mark. So there is absolutely no dispute.It's very disputed Enoch. We know who wrote Luke and John. We do not know who wrote Matthew and Mark.
"For ever, O LORD, Thy word is settled in heaven." (Psalm 119.89)The bible is the Word of God no matter who wrote it. What is in there was meant
to be in there.
As I said Enoch...The Syriac Peshitta is the oldest translation of the Bible. The New Testament is from the 2nd century and Mattai (Matthew) is the first book in that NT. So Matthew's Gospel was in circulation from the time he (also called Levi) wrote it, and it was clearly identified along with Mark. So there is absolutely no dispute.
"Of the New Testament, attempts at translation must have been made very early, and among the ancient versions of New Testament Scripture the Syriac in all likelihood is the earliest. It was at Antioch, the capital of Syria, that the disciples of Christ were first called Christians, and it seemed natural that the first translation of the Christian Scriptures should have been made there. Some research, however, goes to show that Edessa, the literary capital, could have been the place.
If we could accept the somewhat obscure statement of Eusebius[4] that Hegesippus "made some quotations from the Gospel according to the Hebrews and from the Syriac Gospel," we should have a reference to a Syriac New Testament as early as 160-80 AD, the time of that Hebrew Christian writer."
Peshitta - Textus Receptus
She is a scriptural whack job.
She is a scriptural whack job.