RE: The Canonical Gospels Have No Authority
January 12, 2015 at 10:11 am
(This post was last modified: January 12, 2015 at 10:12 am by FallentoReason.)
Also, a quick note on Justin Martyr and the Memoirs of the Apostles:
It would be unlike Justin to not mention who wrote what, since whenever he quotes the Old Testament he consistently mentions the author of the book he's quoting. And the one time he does mention the author of something he quoted from the Memoirs (from what supposedly would become the NT later on) it was Peter. Yet he fails to mention the four authors we all know today.
On the note of Justin allegedly having called the Memoirs "the Gospels":
The plural use of the word only happens once: "for the Apostles, in the 'Memoirs' composed by them, which are called Gospels." and this is thought to be initially a note on the margins of an old manuscript that later got added into the text. Reason being that Justin doesn't use the plural ever again, but rather just "Gospel" e.g. Justin quotes passages that are written 'in the Gospel'. Quite obviously, it seems like Justin fails to demonstrate that he's aware of 4 distinct Gospels during his time.
It would be unlike Justin to not mention who wrote what, since whenever he quotes the Old Testament he consistently mentions the author of the book he's quoting. And the one time he does mention the author of something he quoted from the Memoirs (from what supposedly would become the NT later on) it was Peter. Yet he fails to mention the four authors we all know today.
On the note of Justin allegedly having called the Memoirs "the Gospels":
The plural use of the word only happens once: "for the Apostles, in the 'Memoirs' composed by them, which are called Gospels." and this is thought to be initially a note on the margins of an old manuscript that later got added into the text. Reason being that Justin doesn't use the plural ever again, but rather just "Gospel" e.g. Justin quotes passages that are written 'in the Gospel'. Quite obviously, it seems like Justin fails to demonstrate that he's aware of 4 distinct Gospels during his time.
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