Oddbean new post about login | logout Besides that, the Codex Vaticanus has a longer provable provenance than any other manuscript of the Scriptures. The authorship of books of the Bible is rarely part of the book of the Bible either. Usually those are the “traditional authors” but not mentioned in the actual text. Several of the criticisms leveled here don’t make sense to me.
This is the other note that is a powerful confirmation, but I imagine not as convincing to Protestants. Just because one translation is super old and has been used and unchanged for millennia doesn't exactly mean that it is the most reliable, most authentic, authoritative, etc. However, as a Catholic, I take great comfort in those facts, because my trust in the Church is yet more confirmed.
There is not a single complete manuscript of the gospels in existence that doesn’t have the name of the author at the beginning or the end, except ones that are missing one or the other Why would you lie about this?
You didn’t say Gospels. I didn’t lie.
This is such a cope. Your criticism doesn’t even make sense if it’s not about them because the other books tell you who wrote them in the body. You obviously just tried to get away with saying something untrue, expecting I wouldn’t know any better.
I’m used to dealing with your kind. The book of Hebrews is not attributed. And it was common practice during the Old Testament period to write under pseudonames, often a famous name, because it increased the survivability of the manuscript. You have now shifted the goal posts twice and displayed ignorance of basic concepts essential to any serious study of the canon and provenance of Scripture. Would you like to try again?
Further, neither Matthew or Mark directly name their author. John only does so indirectly as “the disciple Jesus loved.” What are you on about?
Name a complete manuscript of those gospels that doesn’t have attribution or you’re a liar. You won’t he able to, because it doesn’t exist. You’re literally lying.
You realize the titles of the books, chapter numbers, verse numbers… none of that is original. Right? None of that is inspired by God, and there is no reason to believe it existed in the original autograph.
What does Stephanus’ numbering system have to do with the authorship, which is in every single manuscript? You’re just making things up. The names are original. If they weren’t, they wouldn’t be there. God preserves his word as-is.
Well, that’s an opinion, not a fact supported by evidence.
If you don't believe God preserved the Bible, you are not a Christian. It is a *fact* that the attribution of the gospels are in every single complete manuscript. It is a *fact* that you lied about it. It is a *fact* that we have the actual word of God. It is a *fact* that the only reason you would attack any of these things is to serve your father, the Devil
Save your energy. This is a troll. Shake the dust off your feet.