I don't know of any Christian churches that teach the gospels were written by anonymous authors long after Jesus died, but that's the history of it. I've never claimed to speak for any church's beliefs - I'm simply saying that historically isn't not what I was taught growing up.
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Replying to @NumbersMuncher @SeanTrende
Wait, what? The historiography of the authorship of the Gospels is a subject of extensive scholarship taken seriously in Catholicism. I last attended a lecture on the topic last week, given by my wife, who has an advanced theology degree and teaches Scripture courses.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende
I have yet to hear a major religion state that the four Gospels were written by anonymous authors long after Jesus' death except for those who are willing to dig into them on their own. I can only speak to the two religions I grew up in and went through, but (1/2)
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Those are typically subjects that are not spoken of in church, but when people are interested there are outlets for it. Perhaps Catholics teach that, but I have never seen that talked about before with regards to it being a mainstream thing that they teach all members.
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Replying to @NumbersMuncher @SeanTrende
I have absolutely heard homilies discuss not only the differing accounts & emphases of the Gospels, but when & why they were authored.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende
That has not been my experience growing up through the two different churches and as I've studied this stuff (I find the history behind it fascinating) I have rarely come across anyone who says they were taught it growing up. I'm glad that you've seen it talked about openly.
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Replying to @NumbersMuncher @SeanTrende
This is literally stuff my wife has studied in depth and talks about all the time, and I've been in multiple parishes where the pastor got into the origins of the various parts of the New Testament & what audiences they were writing for at the time. But it bores churchgoers.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende
It bores most people - I just find is fascinating because I love the history behind it all. I was in my 30s before I found out the Gospels were written by anonymous authors and long after Jesus lived. Yes, part of that is on me for not looking, but it was just never mentioned.
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“Long after” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. Try “within the living memory of people alive at the time.” They weren’t written down immediately b/c they expected Jesus to return any minute. When he didn’t, the oral traditions were transcribed a few decades later.
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This is one of the better arguments for taking apostolic authorship of John seriously.https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Eyewitnesses-Gospels-Eyewitness-Testimony/dp/0802863906 …
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The most logical authorship is that it was either dictated by John in his old age or assembled from the oral histories he told his followers.
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Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende and
John 21:23 to me seems strongly suggest the Gospel was written shortly after John passed.
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