“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
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    6 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.