Genuineness of the Biblical books

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Does the Church firmly, loosely or not, teach that the canonic books of the Bible (especially the 4 Gospels) were written by their supposedly attributed authors?
  • Like was John or Mark written by those specific persons or by two early Jesus-movement communities who gave their gospels these names to signify their authority?
Also does the Church firmly, loosely or not, teach that the non-canonic books of the Bible (especially the gospel of Thomas which is dated by many scholars into the 1st century) were NOT written by their supposedly attributed authors?
  • Like was the gospel of Thomas (which is dated by many scholars into the 1st century) certainly NOT written by one of the Twelve Apostles Thomas.
If any Ecclesiastical or Theological evidence could go with any answers then great, otherwise opinions alone are still helpful.
 
Short answer: No. The church states in numerous documents (Dei Verbum, for example) that the gospels are of *apostolic origin *but there is no doctinal teaching as to who the specific authors were and nowhere is the term apostolic origins crisply defined.

Take a look at the *Instruction on the Historical Truth of the Gospels *by the Pontifical Biblical Commission and Pope Paul VI (available online). This talks some about what sort of witnesses are represented in the gospels.
 
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