Bible Facts

[mark_a]

How do you know that the Gospels, Acts, etc. are facts and not stories passed down from one person to another?

I thought that except for the (eyewitness) gospel of John, that the fact of the matter is that the gospels and Acts are (non-eyewitness) stories (accounts) passed down from one (eyewitness) person to another.

Is it a problem?

 

[Faith1960]

I thought that except for the (eyewitness) gospel of John, that the fact of the matter is that the gospels and Acts are (non-eyewitness) stories (accounts) passed down from one (eyewitness) person to another.

Is it a problem?

Not really, no. But I think that Matthew was an Apostle (disciple) of Christ and was an eyewitness.

 

[Faith1960]

The Early Church Fathers. People didn’t die willingly in Roman circuses for stories.

I hear a lot about the Early Church Fathers. Who are some of the eyewitness ECF’s?

 

[buffalo]

I keep calling the original Twelve “Apostles,” but were they apostles or disciples? What’s the difference?

Apostles were the twelve.

Disciples - any follower of Jesus.

 

[buffalo]

ECF’s