as a card carrying fundie, i am compelled to offer the view that i am a
disciple of Christ.
:# someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
# A Disciple (from the Latin discipulus, a pupil) is one who receives
instruction from another; a
now... do i personally think that the 4 named Gospellers were among 12
unnamed people who did a lot of road trips with Christ, and some not, and
who may be archtypes for the 12 tribes of israel?
Baha'u'llah
That, firestorm, was certainly a refreshing portrayal of the issue. One
would think
and that the common attributions of authorship are correct. The Gospels
were written by disciples based on their memory of what Jesus said. I have
long assumed that though Baha'u'llah said this He didn't really mean it, but
I have no proof of that. I have to imagine there are others here who
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Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 11:14 AM
Subject: Authorship of the Gospels
Baha'u'llah wrote:
The Four Gospels were written after Him [Christ]. John, Luke, Mark and
Matthew - these four wrote after Christ what they remembered of His
utterances.
(From a previously
wrote after Christ what they remembered of His
utterances.
(From a previously untranslated Tablet)
This passage seems to say that all four of the Gospel writers were disciples
and that the common attributions of authorship are correct. The Gospels
were written by disciples based
Dear Michael,
David I have a problem with your reference: (From a previously
untranslated Tablet). Has it now been authenticated? If it has, then I can
believe it and there is no doubt it is the truth.
It no doubt has been authenticated, as this is found in a response from the
research
Baha'u'llah wrote:
The Four Gospels were written after Him [Christ]. John, Luke, Mark
and
Matthew - these four wrote after Christ what they remembered of
His
utterances.
(From a previously untranslated Tablet)
This passage seems to say that all four of the Gospel writers were
I wonder if you might be assuming too much about the meaning of the
words. If A tells B something. And B passes the message to C. And C
writes down what they remembers of A's words that doesn't mean C
ever met A.
I think you are right, Gilberto.
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Dear Gilberto,
I wonder if you might be assuming too much about the meaning of the
words. If A tells B something. And B passes the message to C. And C
writes down what they remembers of A's words that doesn't mean C
ever met A.
That's an interesting suggestion. Still, though, the wording
David,You are aware of how long it was before the Torah was revealed and when it was actually written down, aren't you?Regards, ScottDavid Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Gilberto,I wonder if you might be assuming too much about the meaning of thewords. If A tells B something. And
That's an interesting suggestion. Still, though, the wording
doesn't sit
well with me if the writers weren't actually there.
Dear David,
That is because you are incorrigibly literalistic. ;-}
warmest, Susan
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Dear Susan,
That is because you are incorrigibly literalistic. ;-}
Well I suppose the wording doesn't mean they were all disciples. I guess
it's the word 'memory' that made me wonder. Given the oral traditions
available at the time, I would say of Mark and Luke that they wrote the
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