Assertion: mark's book | /r/HasProperty | required authorship
Facets:
value: to qualify for acceptance
type: PURPOSE
value: by an apostle
type: OTHER
value: normally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: This increases the likelihood that Mark was actually the author, as "it is unlikely that the early church would have assigned a gospel to a minor figure like John Mark unless he were in fact its author, since the books of the New Testament normally required authorship by an apostle to qualify for acceptance in the canon.