RE: When were the Gospels Written? The External and Internal Evidence.
July 9, 2023 at 7:11 am
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2023 at 7:11 am by Nishant Xavier.)
(July 9, 2023 at 6:59 am)The Valkyrie Wrote: Since the gospel of Mark has been shown to have at least three different authors, I'll still give the silly book a miss.
Just seeing this. Shown by whom, Valykrie? The Early Church knew very well who Saint Mark was, he was a companion of Saint Peter, whom Saint Peter mentions in First Epistle, as his (spiritual) son: "She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you her greetings, and so does my son Mark." (1 Pet 5:13). He is also mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, again closely linked with St. Peter, to whose house the Apostle went after being released from Prison: "When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying." (Acts 12:12)
The Early Church gives the date for the Gospel of Saint Mark as around 45 A.D., so around 12 years after the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ under Pontius Pilate. Saint Peter was giving Sermons to the Early Christians about Christ's Life and Saint Mark wrote them down. That's how the Gospel of Mark came about. The discovery of the 7Q5 Papyrus, which pre-dates 50 A.D. and contains parts of the Gospel of Mark, confirms this early date.
God Bless,
Xavier.
P.S. @ so-called "no one": pathetic on your part. reframe your question without cussing and blasphemy, and I'll address it. We'll skip the ad hominem for now since some of you Militant Atheists can hardly live without it.
