Catholics only; where was each gospel written?

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Can you please tell me where the four gospels were written. Apparently Matthew, Mark Luke and John didn’t actually write their gospels but they were written after their deaths to record what was being taught.

Where were the gospels written? Please tell me.

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Zundrah said:
Can you please tell me where the four gospels were written. Apparently Matthew, Mark Luke and John didn’t actually write their gospels but they were written after their deaths to record what was being taught.

Where were the gospels written? Please tell me.

Catholic answers only!
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I would have to research where they were written, but your assumption that the Gospels were written when the Evangelists were dead is faulty. According to most scholars, the writers penned their own Gospels, as for example, Mark was written from the preaching of Peter, hence the very fast pace of the Gospel, and Luke was very much alive when he penned Luke and Acts.
 
Zundrah said:
Can you please tell me where the four gospels were written. Apparently Matthew, Mark Luke and John didn’t actually write their gospels but they were written after their deaths to record what was being taught.

Where were the gospels written? Please tell me.

Catholic answers only!
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With the exception of a couple of verses here and there that might have been added later, the Apostles wrote their gospels - or I’m led to believe that is the intellectual consensus. There has been greater discussion regarding the order in which they were written. And there has been even more debate about whether the John of the Gospel (the Apostle) is the same John who authored Revelation or the epistles attributed to him.

I don’t know if the Church has taken a definitive stance in the true-authorship debate.

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As others have said, the idea that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John did not personally write the Gospels that bear their names is not a proven fact. The Church’s teaching is that the Gospels (and indeed the whole New Testament) are of apostolic origin. Whether this means that the Apostles wrote the books themselves or whether it means that later followers recorded their oral testimony is a matter that has not been settled. I believe, Catholics are free to hold differing opinions on the matter.

I have never really seen much attention given to where the Gospels were actually written. Most often, you will see these kinds of discussions focus on
    • authorship (who wrote it?);
    • date (when did they write it?); and
    • intended audience (who were they writing to?).
    Take a look at the Google Books previews for Scott Hahn’s Ignatius Catholic Study Bibles. The Introductions give a nice brief overview of the possible options. Hahn tends to side with the more traditional views (earlier dates, and the books actually being penned by their namesakes), but he presents both sides.Also, check out the Pontifical Biblical Commission’s [The Historicity of the Gospels (http://www.ewtn.com/library/curia/pbcgospl.htm).
 
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