JW:
In my Legendary Thread
The Tale Wagging The Dogma. Which "Mark" Wrote "Mark"? A Dear John Letter
I inventory all the different John Marks the Early Church identified as the author of "Mark":
Quote:
First "Mark"
Source: Irenaeus
Date: c. 180
Description: Follower and interpreter of Peter
Author Source: Memory
Authority: None
Location: Unknown
Second "Mark"
Source: Eusebius referring to Clement
Date: Eusebius c. 324, Clement c. 200
Description: Follower of Peter but not the Cephas (Peter) that Paul knew.
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Memory
Authority: Request of Romans
Location: Rome
Third "Mark" (Glaucias)
Source: Clement referring to Basilides
Date: Eusebius c. 324, Clement c. 200
Author or at least source of information: Glaucias
Description of "Mark": Interpreter of Peter
Timing: Contemporary to orthodox claim of "Mark" as interpreter of Peter
Author Source: Peter
Authority: ?
Fourth "Mark"
Source: Eusebius referring to Clement
Date: Eusebius c. 324, Clement c. 200
Description: Follower of Peter
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Memory
Authority: Request of Romans
Location: Rome
Fifth "Mark"
Source: Eusebius referring to Origen
Date: Eusebius c. 324, Origen c. 230
Description: Follower of Peter
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Peter
Authority: Peter
Location: Rome
Sixth "Mark"
Source: Jerome
Date: c. 400
Author: Peter
Description of "Mark": Scribe
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Peter
Authority: Peter
Location: Rome
Seventh "Mark"
Source: Augustine
Date: c. 400
Author: Mark
Description of "Mark": Follower of Peter
Timing: Wrote after "Matthew" and before "Luke"
Author Source: "Matthew"
Authority: ?
Location: ?
Eighth "Mark"
Source: Hippolytus/Fake Hippolytus
Date: c. 202 - c. 19th century (We'll see how the Assertian fits the timelieon at the end)
Author: Mark
Description of "Mark": Disciple of Jesus
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Jesus
Authority: Peter
Location: Rome
Ninth "Mark"
Source: Acts of Mark
Date: ?
Author: ?
Description of "Mark": Disciple of Jesus
Timing: ?
Author Source: ?
Authority: ?
Location: ?
Note that based on description, "Disciple of Jesus", the dating placement would be after Augustine, c. 400.
So many "Marks" and "Peters". How do you decide which is the source, Rock, Papals, Caesars?
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So here's the External witness for John Mark, all claiming that he was the author of "Mark". There is no external evidence that John Mark wrote "John" or any part of it. A contradiction to your theory Adam that can not be ignored/denied/apologized.
Joseph
And the Terminus Quote for this Thread:
Church Tradition, n. A mysterious entity that unlike Jesus who was only able to incarnate once, can be magically incarnated at an Apologist's whim to support Christian assertian as reliable and undisputed evidence and than disincarnate just as quickly as only the word of men and not Scripture when it goes against Christian assertian.
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05-22-2013, 08:08 AM
