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HlVU III vi MIL
Yes, despite assertions to the con-
trary, despite the stately array of
names CLEANED by c. j. Shorb, Esq,
IRON the Encycl Britannica OF even
the Americana the statement must be
maintained the Gospel according to
Marx is not the oldest of the four rec
Ol.:., The trouble with Nj Shorb is
that h. suffers from a rather prevalent
diseas. called pre- iud,ce. with which
h has been infected by reading
.thors wh, balon n I class similar
ly affected. Both the Inc. Brit. and
tins Amer ara uniair and often sadly
biased in their treatment OF doctrinal
or biblical subjects.
The rule for biblical criticism con-
cernn the authorship OF the Gospels
is to consult the testimony OF the writ
ers o. tho early Christian Church.
They hid aclcss 10 the originals or at
least to the proximata copies-manu-
script Of course-of the originals. Ex-
listing traditions also gave them the
desired information concerning the
AUTHORSHIP and order 81 the four
books The modern deist is no 4 re-
Liable infor It; i, too much Of
heorizeI.
Thu ord I tf s3r Gospels a.
embodied in the Latin Vulgate by st.
Jerome is unquestionably most ancient.
1t is found in Canon oil Muratori
(made about ITO A. d. as Loisy and
his school OF modernists admit, as do
also tho best noted among German
scholar OF tho Tubingen school even
Haraak. (Ci Loisy Historic du Can
non du Nouveau Test; PIP. lola ct
all 1t is found in the writings of
St Irenaeus (died about 200 A. d.
in 81 Gregory OF Nazianzus, in st.
Athanasius, in the lists drawn up by
tho Councils OF Laodicea and of Car
thage and also in the oldest Greek |
manuscripts: tho Vatican, the Alex
andrine and the Sinaitic.
The first place is given to Mathew
because very early tradition describ-
ed the work as originally written in
tho Aramaic or Syro-C haldaic langu- |
age of the people of Palestine. This
proved it had been written for Jew
ish converts to Christianity at a time
when the Apostles had not begun
to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles
Hence it must be prior to the Gospels
written in Greek for converts in Greek |
speaking communities. 1t must be
remembered here that the Greek lang
uago was spread throughout the Ro-
man Empire in the East and also in
Italy.
"Omnes antiqui patres" -'all of the
ancient Fathers admit that Matthew |
wrote his gospel in Al A. D., Mark ac-
cording to the testimony of Papias
and of Clement of Alexandria used
HObCS HUN CLSI OIdI JtdCUltiB anu
had Greek text of Matthew's Gospel |
"beforo his eyes" when he wrote his
own. He penned his record at the re-
quest of the Romans at Rome not
later that AZ A. D. Luke wrote his
gospel not later than SO A. D. AS
John died third year of the reign of
Trajan, hence 101 A. D., his Gospel
must have been written toward the
end of the last century. The earliest
date given is 81 A. D., the latest 81
A. D.
Thus, without having photograph |
of the scene" Ia decided anachronism)
we have the affidavits of both believers
and unbelievers of the early three GEN.
turtles of Christianity.
Westcott Qntrod. to the Study of
the Gospels, N. Y. 1887 aptly remarks
OF modern so-called criticism oil the
Scriptures: =" Tho MEMOIRS of |
the Apostles are treated-by unbe-
lievers-by method which no critic
would apply to tho MEMOIRS of
Xenophon,"
JOSEPH DREYER. S. NJ.