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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.”

  • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    11·
    1 month ago

    MOST of it is in parables, the parts about Jesus and his life are personal testimonies of the disciples

    • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
      1·
      18 hours 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·
        17 hours ago

        they are different in styles because they are different people

        Yes, they are

        • SnoopSqueak@lemmy.today
          1·
          15 hours 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.