As to date of your historical authority, the Hipp man, I confused the date of a list his name appears in. Your dates are correct. He is the same man who leaves the Church, declares himself anitpope and makes himself a successor to the Apostles. His comments about Mark, nearly 200 years after the fact, and the only such comment I am aware of, do not give me much confidence. A preference on my part, to be sure.
jd
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From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> David Miller wrote:
> >> As for Mark not being around at the time
> >> of Christ, Hippolytus names Mark as one of
> >> the seventy appointed by Jesus in Luke 10.
>
> John wrote:
> > Hippolytus of 340 AD ???
>
> I don't know where you got the 340 AD date. Hippolytus was born 80 years
> after the apostle John died, about 170 A.D. He died a martyr around 236
> A.D. His mentor was Irenaeus, whose mentor was Polycarp, whose mentor was
> John the apostle. What reason do you have to doubt the names that he lists
> for the seventy ordained by Jesus in Luke 10?
>
> John wrote:
> > Use him for an authority if you wish.
> > I don't
>
> Upon what authority do you base your perspective that Mark wa s not around
> during Christ's ministry?
>
> I caution you not to embellish upon second hand theories that you read from
> theologians in such a way that it would cause you to reject primary
> historical documents.
>
> Peace be with you.
> David Miller.
>
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