[MarkBsnr]

Luke's Gospel is not signed. The Church believed it was Luke who wrote it, according to tradition. beside,s he names no witnesses. Mark, which is also anonymous, is not naming witnesses; he is interpreting Isaiah's prophesy as applying to Jesus.

Agreed. How much of the NT was actually written by the individual whose name appears on the current Bible? Paul wrote as little as half of his purported letters; did Peter actually write either? Who wrote Matthew, Mark Luke and John? The only thing is that the Church has decreed that these are as they are presented.

I am prepared and have been prepared to accept them as is, according to the Church. I suppose that that differs me from the Protestant pantheon. So be it.

[boatbums]

I am prepared and have been prepared to accept them as is, according to the Church. I suppose that that differs me from the Protestant pantheon. So be it.

Tell me, why does an intelligent person like yourself just accept such an all-important doctrine of the legitimacy of the written words of God simply because he is told to? Do you not owe it to yourself to investigate the truth?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Paul wrote as little as half of his purported letters; did Peter actually write either? Who wrote Matthew, Mark Luke and John?

Gamecock, over here!

I never realized Rome had such rapport with agnosticism.

[kosta50]

The only thing is that the Church has decreed that these are as they are presented

This is what the Church believed all along (or at least form the beginning of the 2nd century), and not something it made up 16 centuries later. There was no opposition to that belief as far as I know, so whether it is true or not is irrelevant. It is what the Church believed and still believes, base don tradition and the Church says so.

What I don't understand is why do Protestants believe it since they reject traditions of men and especially the Catholic Church?

[RnMomof7]

Agreed. How much of the NT was actually written by the individual whose name appears on the current Bible? Paul wrote as little as half of his purported letters;

I am told we have the bible thanks to the catholic church..so I guess that means Rome is fallible afterall