The Gospel According to Saint Matthew With an Explanatory and Critical Commentary PDF Download

Author: Rev. A. J. Maas S. J.
Publisher: Aeterna Press
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 714

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Book Description
According to Christian antiquity Matthew wrote a gospel in Hebrew. Our first gospel is identical with Matthew’s Hebrew gospel. Internal evidence: a. it points to Matthew as its author; b. it was written for Jewish converts; c. it has the same object as Matthew’s gospel. External evidence: a. it is quoted as Sacred Scripture from the earliest times; b. passages of it are ascribed to Matthew; c. its incidents are regarded as revealed; d. early heretics appeal to it, e. or mutilate it; syllogistic form of the argument; principal exceptions. Aeterna Press