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To: Natural Law; wagglebee
2 Tm 3:14-4:2

Beloved: Remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

2 Thessalonians 2:14-16
14He called you to this through our gospel, that you might share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings[a] we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter. 16May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,

Letters to Timothy
If Paul is considered the more immediate author, the Pastorals are to be dated between the end of his first Roman imprisonment (Acts 28:16) and his execution under Nero (A.D. 63-67); if they are regarded as only more remotely Pauline, their date may be as late as the early second century. In spite of these problems of authorship and dating, the Pastorals are illustrative of early Christian life and remain an important element of canonical scripture.

Date of Writing: The Book of 1 Timothy was written in A.D. 62-66.

This second letter was probably written a few months after Paul wrote his first letter to the Thessalonians in late A.D. 51 to early A.D. 52.

Matthew
Since Mark was written shortly before or shortly after A.D. 70 (see Introduction to Mark), Matthew was composed certainly after that date, which marks the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans at the time of the First Jewish Revolt (A.D. 66-70), and probably at least a decade later since Matthew’s use of Mark presupposes a wide diffusion of that gospel. The post-A.D. 70 date is confirmed within the text by Matthew 22:7, which refers to the destruction of Jerusalem.

Mark
Traditionally, the gospel is said to have been written shortly before A.D. 70 in Rome, at a time of impending persecution and when destruction loomed over Jerusalem. Its audience seems to have been Gentile, unfamiliar with Jewish customs (hence Mark 7:3-4, 11). The book aimed to equip such Christians to stand faithful in the face of persecution (Mark 13:9-13), while going on with the proclamation of the gospel begun in Galilee (Mark 13:10; 14:9). Modern research often proposes as the author an unknown Hellenistic Jewish Christian, possibly in Syria, and perhaps shortly after the year 70.

Luke
The Gospel according Luke was written in 60 A.D. Luke, a close friend and companion of Paul, is perhaps the only Gentile author of any portion of the New Testament. Luke was also a physician. Colossians 4:14: “Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.” Luke was not an eyewitness to the life of Jesus Christ and little is known of his conversion or his early life. Luke was an evangelist by calling and a physician by profession. Luke not only wrote the Gospel of Luke but also the book of Acts and he traveled with Paul as a missionary. Luke was with Paul when he was martyred. As to the rest of Luke’s life, we know very little.

John
The book is filled with first hand accounts of experiences with Jesus Christ that occurred during Christ’s 33 years of life on earth. Scholars generally accept that the Gospel of John was written between 50 and 85 A.D.

Actually, the scriptures being spoken about were the OT Scriptures.

Wait, they came equipped with a KJV, speaking 17th century English. My bad. Or did I miss something?

12,522 posted on 10/18/2010 11:20:48 AM PDT by Jaded (Stumbling blocks ALL AROUND, some of them camouflaged well. My toes hurt, but I got past them.)
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To: Jaded
Wait, they came equipped with a KJV, speaking 17th century English. My bad. Or did I miss something?

You certainly have missed a great deal.

There is video available of the Gospels where you can clearly see our Lord picking a pebble out of His sandles, pointing to Simon and saying, "You are a rock" as He flung the pebble to the ground. He then pointed at a massive boulder and said that He would build His Church on it.

It's also quite informative to watch the videos and see how Jesus Christ would routinely switch from Aramaic to Greek in order to confuse and mock His Disciples.

12,530 posted on 10/18/2010 11:33:29 AM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: Jaded
Actually, if you pay close attention, as far as the anti-Catholics are concerned the instruction in 2nd Timothy is correct.

They ONLY believe their distorted interpretations of Saint Paul's epistles. The fact that all of the Gospels were composed after 2nd Timothy simply bolsters their resolve against the Gospels.

12,545 posted on 10/18/2010 12:04:53 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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