ARE THE GOSPELS RELIABLE - PART 3

                                         ARE THE GOSPELS       RELIABLE

         PART 3

     (copied from 
       Y-Jesus.com)


But is it true?

In books, magazines and TV documentaries
the Jesus Seminar suggests the Gospels were
written as late as A.D. 130 to 150 by unknown
authors. If those later dates are correct, there
would be a gap of approximately 100 years
from Christ's  death (scholars put Jesus' death
between A.D.30 and 33). And since all of the
eyewitnesses would have been dead, the 
Gospels could only have been written by 
unknown, fraudulent authors.

So what evidence do we have, concerning 
when the Gospel accounts of Jesus were really written?  The consensus 
of most scholars is  that 
the Gospels were written 
by the apostles
during the first century.  
They cite several 
reasons which we will 
review later in this
article. For now, however, note that three
primary forms of evidence appear to build a
solid case for their conclusions.

    .  early documents from heretics such
       as Marcion, and the school of Valentinus
       citing New Testament Books, themes and
       passages (see Mona Lisa's Smirk).

    .  Numerous writings of early Christian
        sources, such as Clement of Rome, 
       Ignatious and Polycarp.  

   .   discovered copies of  Gospel fragments,
       carbon-dated as early as  117 A.D.  

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