Authenticity of the Gospel of St. Mathew

[theprodigalson]

Greetings,

While I am convinced that the Gospel of St. Luke and the Gospel of St. John are authentically attributed to their authors, i have queries about the other two. This is especially so with the Gospel of St. Mathew. What are the proofs and arguments in favour of its apostolic origin? As i dont believe it’s a translation of the Gospel of Hebrews by St. Mathew, since what the Church Fathers have quoted from it is not to be found in the Gospel of St. Mathew. Please share your understanding of the subject.

May the Father grant us wisdom and the gift of understanding.

 

[Fidelis]

Greetings,

While I am convinced that the Gospel of St. Luke and the Gospel of St. John are authentically attributed to their authors, i have queries about the other two. This is especially so with the Gospel of St. Mathew. What are the proofs and arguments in favour of its apostolic origin? As i dont believe it’s a translation of the Gospel of Hebrews by St. Mathew, since what the Church Fathers have quoted from it is not to be found in the Gospel of St. Mathew. Please share your understanding of the subject.

May the Father grant us wisdom and the gift of understanding.

What reason or reasons do you have to believe they are not?

 

[NHInsider]

What reason or reasons do you have to believe they are not?

And what difference does it make?

I am often frustrated by the arguments over the authorship of Scripture - both those who are determined to “prove” that the traditionally-credited authors are NOT the actual writers, and those who seem to believe that if the traditionally-credited authors did not write the texts, the whole of the faith falls apart.

We accept the gospels as inspired because the Church determined that they were - not because we can prove or disprove the identity of their human authors.