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To: CynicalBear
"You just proved that they wrote it down so there would be a record to refer and look back to."

The Gospel of Luke was written some 40 to 70 years after the ministry of Jesus and then not widely distributed for another hundred years. It was fed by the Oral Teachings of the Apostles and witnesses which continues to this day.

1,075 posted on 06/03/2013 7:28:38 PM PDT by Natural Law (Jesus did not leave us a book, He left us a Church.)
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To: Natural Law
>>The Gospel of Luke was written some 40 to 70 years after the ministry of Jesus<<

First of all, by all accounts Luke was written from 58-63AD so that’s only 25 – 30 years so that 40-70 years is in error. Second, how soon it was “widely distributed” is immaterial to this discussion. The point is that he saw a need to write things down because already by that time “oral” transmission was obviously causing problems.

>>It was fed by the Oral Teachings of the Apostles and witnesses which continues to this day.<<

Seriously? They have convinced you that the apostles and witnesses are still alive today? Go figure.

1,141 posted on 06/04/2013 2:44:19 PM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ)
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