Jeff Riddle, pastor of Christ Reformed Baptist Church in Louisa, Virginia, has begun a series on De Consensu Evangelistarum, or, Harmony of the Evangelists, by Augustine of Hippo. You can listen or read the transcripts. Looks like they may be in about 15 minute installments, based on the first two. The introduction is here:
http://www.jeffriddle.net/2021/07/introduction-augustine-harmony-of.html
Harmony of the Gospels
Discussion in 'Baptist Theology & Bible Study' started by rlvaughn, Jul 22, 2021.
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Based only on the linked intro, it appears the effort is long on sophistry and short on study.
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Quote from Riddle’s second post.
Augustine’s introduction stresses the apostolic authority of the canonical Gospels. The canonical Gospels are consistent with the regula fidei [i.e. rule of faith, rlv]. With respect to their chronological order, he puts forward what will become knowns as the “Augustinian Hypothesis” that the Gospels were written in their canonical order: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. He sees a close connection between Matthew and Mark which present the Lord Jesus as King, alongside Luke, who present him as a Priest. We might note that he is seemingly among the first to group the first three Gospels (the so-called Synoptic Gospels) as distinct from John. -
Even if we were to concede that Mark was the original Gospel and that Luke and John supplemented it with material from oral tradition, that would say nothing about their reliability.
Jesus was from an oral culture, and oral tradition from rabbi to disciple was passed down in a more dependable way than a game of telephone.
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Matthew was written first. Not Mark, and I believe the epilogue is Mark's.
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What I meant was the Mark was written first, and then Matthew and Luke supplemented it with oral tradition. This might not be true, but it's the dominant position, and it has no bearing on whether or not the Gospels are reliable. Jesus was from an oral culture, and disciples memorized and faithfully passed down the teachings of their rabbis.
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