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“VATICAN CITY, June 23 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Tuesday reaffirmed a long-standing rule that only an ordained priest or ​deacon can give a sermon at a Catholic mass, ‌rejecting a request from German bishops to broaden the practice and allow sermons by women or other laypeople.”

  • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
    1·
    5 days ago

    Or not: https://factually.co/fact-checks/religion/gospels-where-written-by-whom-88e1e4

    Contemporary historians and biblical scholars tend to treat the canonical Gospels as works produced in specific first‑century Christian contexts rather than straightforward eyewitness memoirs: many scholars judge the Gospels anonymous, composed in Greek for communities across the Roman Empire, with Mark likely written first and serving as a source for Matthew and Luke (the Synoptic Problem), while John’s Gospel is notably different in style and theology.

    Are the gospels even considered part of the catholic canon?

    • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      11·
      5 days ago

      they are different in styles because they are different people

      Yes, they are

      • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
        1·
        5 days ago

        they are different in styles because they are different people Yes, they are

        That does not answer these discrepancies:

        Contemporary historians and biblical scholars tend to treat the canonical Gospels as works produced in specific first‑century Christian contexts rather than straightforward eyewitness memoirs: many scholars judge the Gospels anonymous, composed in Greek for communities across the Roman Empire, with Mark likely written first and serving as a source for Matthew and Luke (the Synoptic Problem), while John’s Gospel is notably different in style and theology.

        They were written miles and years apart from each other.