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It seems prima-facie improbable that Gregory Nazianzen and Gregory of Nyssa should collaborate on the invention of a fictional Macrina the supposed sister of Basil and Gregory of Nyssa. It may well be that much of what Gregory of Nyssa says about his sister is hagiography not history but that is ano...

RandyHelzerman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 11:43 am

I think you may be confusing Origen and Augustine.

Yeah, Origin also thought that too. Astoundingly.

Can you give a source for Origen believing that Mark used Matthew please ?
Origen certainly held that Matthew was earlier than Mark but that is not the same thing.

Andrew Criddle

[ However there is a general problem; claiming that Morton Smith composed the Mar Saba letter is prima-facie a startling claim and naturally encourages speculation, of varying degrees of plausibility and relevance about his motives and agenda. If however like many scholars e.g. Smith and Landau one...

Since this is the only one you commented on, can I assume you agree with all there rest of the points :-) *chuckle* No you can't. Marcion is trying in good faith to prepare a critical edition of the original Gospel using Luke as a basis, then it is IMO plausible that he would be reluctant to remove...

He became a Christian, by interacting with Christians. As this was the first generation of Christians, they *all* became christians by interacting with Christians! By the same place I mean "the Land of Israel." When you say "the Land of Israel" I wonder if you are having a simil...

There is a general issue here. The letter if authentic is intended to reassure Theodore of the truth of orthodox Christianity. However, its effect on Theodore is likely to be rather different.

Andrew Criddle

To a limited extent I agree with Panaanen. Some of the arguments linking Morton Smith to the Mar Saba letter do appear flimsy. (After reading and enjoying Anglo-Saxon attitudes I do not believe it influenced in any way the author of the Mar Saba letter.) However there is a general problem; claiming ...

Ken, one of the reasons Secret Mark can persuade about its authenticity is that it gives a detailed explanation about what Jesus went to do in Jericho (an explanation that is absent in Mark). Secret Mark clearly solves a problem in canonical Mark which troubles modern readers more than it apparentl...

................................................... More recent commentators https://sites.google.com/site/inglisonmarcion/home/marcion/marcions-gospel-and-the-synoptic-problem/is-marcions-gospel-based-on-mark have noted that the "omissions" by Marcion are strange in another way: They are...

Singular or plural? Here is Smith's translation from Secret Gospel (1973) page 17: "....But "naked [man] with naked [man]" and the other things about which you wrote are not found." In the Clement book (1973) page 447: "...But "naked man with naked man," ..."...