Talk:Canonical Gospels
Introduction
I posted a short introduction in three parts for the topic. Curiously, the actual events and particular history of the canonical scriptures is hard to find. Most sources I have read over the years start by assuming they are simply a given and provide very little discussion about process of selection. Interesting. Thomas Simmons 31 March, 2007 (EPT)
Vocabulary changes
Question: "conflated" was changed to 'merged" in
- The Gospels of Matthew and of Luke contain nativity stories, which are often conflated for popular commemoration.
- The Gospels of Matthew and of Luke contain nativity stories, which are often merged for popular commemoration.
Why? --Thomas Simmons 18:40, 28 April 2007 (CDT) +17 hours
I changed the headers to comply with current usage. --Thomas Simmons 20:28, 23 June 2007 (CDT)
Hey-- I just removed the mention of the Edict of Milan at the beginning of the Intro. I could not see how it was really relevant to the canonization of the gospels at Nicaea. (It's not as though Constantine and Licinius said: "Stop persecuting those Christians, with those four gospels of theirs!") It's certainly relevant to the topic of early Christianity, just not relevant to this article. Brian P. Long 16:34, 13 April 2008 (CDT)