At 08:28 PM 4/8/2006, Pim van Meurs wrote:
><quote>
>These are books which describe the life of Jesus*. *Gospel is a
>translation of the Greek word "/euangelion/" which means "/good
>news/." About 50 gospels were written in the first and second
>century CE; each was believed to be accurate by various groups
>within the early Christian movement. Four of them (/Mark, Matthew,
>Luke /and/ John/) were accepted by the early Christian movement as
>inspired by God. They were approved for inclusion in the official
>canon during the 4th century CE, and are found today in every Bible.
>Why were there only four? St. Irenaeus explained: "/There are four
>principle winds, four pillars that hold up the sky, and four corners
>of the universe; therefore, it is only right that there be four
>gospels./"</quote>
@ "...Irenaeus (130-202) .......the famous "four winds" quote, which
many skeptics misuse, thinking it means that 4 Gospels were chosen,
and not 3 or 5, because there were 4 winds
...." http://www.tektonics.org/guest/wildvis.html
~ Janice
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