The Marks Brothers (of the Lord)
In my Thread here:
Jesus SportsGospel Line in the Sands-Odds that GMark post 70
proponents of pre 70 are having [understatement]a difficult time [/understatement] trying to articulate their evidence.
The purpose of this Thread will be to provide an inventory of Patristic descriptions of attempted identification of the author of GMark.
This will than be a resource regarding External evidence for the dating of GMark.
The list of Markan candidates for authorship of GMark so far (in attempted chronological order):
First "Mark"
- Source: Irenaeus
Date of projected original writing of source (here, Irenaeus): c. 180
Description of supposed author of GMark: Follower and interpreter of Peter
Claimed Author's (author of GMark) Source: Memory
Authority of author (author of GMark): None
Location of composition (of GMark): Unknown
Second "Mark"
- Source: Eusebius referring to Clement
Date: Eusebius c. 324, Clement c. 200
Description: Follower of Peter but not the Cephas (Peter) that Paul knew.
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Memory
Authority: Request of Romans
Location: Rome
Third "Mark" (Glaucias)
- Source: Clement referring to Basilides
Date: Eusebius c. 324, Clement c. 200
Author or at least source of information: Glaucias
Description of "Mark": Interpreter of Peter
Timing: Contemporary to orthodox claim of "Mark" as interpreter of Peter
Author Source: Peter
Authority: ?
Fourth "Mark"
- Source: Eusebius referring to Clement
Date: Eusebius c. 324, Clement c. 200
Description: Follower of Peter
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Memory
Authority: Request of Romans
Location: Rome
Fifth "Mark"
- Source: Eusebius referring to Origen
Date: Eusebius c. 324, Origen c. 230
Description: Follower of Peter
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Peter
Authority: Peter
Location: Rome
Sixth "Mark"
- Source: Jerome
Date: c. 400
Author: Peter
Description of "Mark": Scribe
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Peter
Authority: Peter
Location: Rome
Seventh "Mark"
- Source: Augustine
Date: c. 400
Author: Mark
Description of "Mark": Follower of Peter
Timing: Wrote after "Matthew" and before "Luke"
Author Source: "Matthew"
Authority: ?
Location: ?
Eighth "Mark"
- Source: Hippolytus/Fake Hippolytus
Date: c. 202 - c. 19th century (We'll see how the Assertian fits the timelieon at the end)
Author: Mark
Description of "Mark": Disciple of Jesus
Timing: Wrote while Peter was still alive.
Author Source: Jesus
Authority: Peter
Location: Rome
- Source: Acts of Mark
Date: ?
Author: ?
Description of "Mark": Disciple of Jesus
Timing: ?
Author Source: ?
Authority: ?
Location: ?
Joseph
Church Tradition, n. A mysterious entity that unlike Jesus who was only able to incarnate once, can be magically incarnated at an Apologist's whim to support Christian assertian as reliable and undisputed evidence and than disincarnate just as quickly as only the word of men and not Scripture when it goes against Christian assertian.
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