Why is it important to read the Holy Gospel at home and how to do it correctly? The Gospel is a book about each of us The Great Gospel

The Gospel of Matthew is the first of the books of the New Testament. The Gospel of Matthew belongs to the canonical Gospels. The New Testament begins with the four gospels - the lives of Jesus Christ. The first three Gospels are similar to each other, which is why they are called synoptic (from the Greek “synoptikos” - to see together).

Read the Gospel of Matthew.

The Gospel of Matthew consists of 28 chapters.

Church tradition names the author as Matthew, the tax collector who followed Christ. However, modern researchers believe that the Gospel was not written by a direct eyewitness of the event, and, therefore, the Apostle Matthew cannot be the author of the first Gospel. It is believed that this text was written somewhat later, and the unknown author relied on the Gospel of Mark and the extant source Q.

Theme of the Gospel of Matthew

The main theme of the Gospel of Matthew is the life and work of Jesus Christ. The book was intended for a Jewish audience. The Gospel of Matthew is replete with references to messianic Old Testament prophecies. The author's goal is to show that messianic prophecies are fulfilled at the coming of the Son of God.

The Gospel describes in detail the genealogy of the Savior, starting from Abraham and ending with Joseph the Betrothed, the husband of the Virgin Mary.

Features of the Gospel of Matthew.

The Gospel of Matthew is the only book of the New Testament that was not written in Greek. The Aramaic original of the Gospel was lost, and the Greek translation was included in the canon.

The activity of the Messiah is considered in the Gospel from three points of view:

• like a Prophet
• as a Legislator
• as the High Priest.

This book focuses on the teachings of Christ.

The Gospel of Matthew repeats many of the other Synoptic Gospels, but there are several points here that are not revealed in any other book of the New Testament:

• The story of the healing of two blind men,
• The story of the healing of a mute demoniac,
• The story of a coin in a fish's mouth.

There are also several original parables in this Gospel:

• parable of the tares,
• parable of the treasure in the field,
• parable of the pearl of great price,
• parable of the net,
• the parable of the merciless lender,
• parable of the workers in the vineyard,
• parable of two sons,
• parable of the wedding feast,
• parable of the ten virgins,
• parable of the talents.

Interpretation of the Gospel of Matthew

In addition to describing the birth, life and death of Jesus, the Gospel also reveals themes about the Second Coming of Christ, the eschatological revelation of the Kingdom and in the daily spiritual life of the Church

The book was written to accomplish 2 tasks:

1. Tell the Jews that Jesus is their Messiah.
2. To encourage those who believed in Jesus as the Messiah and feared that God would turn away from His people after His Son was crucified. Matthew said that God had not abandoned the people and that the previously promised Kingdom would come in the future.

The Gospel of Matthew testifies that Jesus is the Messiah. The author answers the question, “If Jesus is truly the Messiah, then why did He not establish the promised Kingdom?” The author says that this Kingdom has taken on a different form and that Jesus will return to earth again to establish His rule. The Savior came with good news to the people, but according to God's plan, His message was rejected, only to be heard later to all nations throughout the world.

Chapter 1. Genealogy of the Savior. Birth of the Messiah.

Chapter 2. Flight of the Holy Family to Egypt. Return of the Holy Family to Nazareth.

Chapter 3. Baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.

Chapter 4. The beginning of the preaching work of Jesus Christ in Galilee. The first disciples of Christ.

Chapters 5 – 7. Sermon on the Mount.

Chapters 8 – 9. Sermons in Galilee. Miracles of Christ. The power of the savior over illness, the forces of evil, nature, over death. The Savior's ability to forgive. The ability to turn darkness into light and cast out demons.

Chapter 10. Calling of the 12 Apostles

Chapter 11. A challenge to the authority of the Son of God.

Chapter 12. Disputes about the power of the new Tsar.

Chapters 13 – 18. Miracles and parables of Christ. Preaching in Galilee and surrounding lands.

Chapters 19 – 20. Jesus goes from Galilee to Judea.

Chapters 21 – 22. Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and preaching there.

Chapter 23. Jesus' rebuke of the Pharisees.

Chapter 24. Jesus predicts his Second Coming after the destruction of Jerusalem.

Chapter 25. New parables. Explanation of future events.

Chapter 26. Anointing of Jesus with chrism. Last Supper. Arrest of the Messiah and trial.

Chapter 27. Jesus Christ before Pilate. Crucifixion and burial of the Savior.

Chapter 28. Resurrection of Jesus.

Gospel(Mark I, 1, etc.) is a Greek word meaning: gospel, i.e. good, joyful news. The Gospels consist of 4 books of the evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. They preach about the Divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, about His coming to earth, about His life on earth, about His wonderful deeds and saving teachings, and finally, about His death on the cross, glorious resurrection and ascension into heaven. These books are called the Gospel because for a person there cannot be better and more joyful news than the news of the Divine Savior and eternal salvation. That is why the reading of the Gospel in church is each time accompanied by a joyful exclamation: Glory to Thee, Lord, glory to Thee! Among the 27 New Testament books, the Gospels are considered law-positive, since they primarily form the basis of the New Testament. Their origin from the apostles and their authenticity are evidenced by: a) the continuous tradition about them since the time of the apostles; b) passages cited from these Gospels by the apostolic men who directly dealt with the apostles, such as: Barnabas, Clement of Rome, etc.; c) direct evidence about them from ancient writers, starting from the 2nd century, for example. Justin the Philosopher, Irenaeus of Lyons and others; d) evidence of even the enemies of the church, heretics of the 2nd century. - Marcian and Valentine and the pagan Celsus, who did not reject their authenticity, but did not accept them due to their heretical views, or gave them their own special interpretation, or mocked the teaching contained in them, as, for example, Celsus;e) in the 2nd century. translations of sacred books were already known, such as, for example, Syriac (Peshito), ancient Italian, which was in use by the Roman Church even before Jerome, in which only 4 Gospels are placed, as sacred and undoubtedly authentic; e) finally, the fathers and teachers of the church III and subsequent centuries unanimously and unanimously argued that there are only 4 authentic Gospels written by the apostles, and all others (such as those from the Egyptians, from the 12 apostles, from Peter, from Thomas, Nicodemus, Jews, etc.) are rejected by the church, as spurious, apocryphal, not canonical. For the content of each of the Gospels, see under the name: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John.

Definitions, meanings of words in other dictionaries:

Large dictionary of esoteric terms - edited by Doctor of Medical Sciences Stepanov A.M.

(Greek: good news), the story of the life and teachings of Jesus Christ is currently known in four canonical (recognized by the church) and several dozen apocryphal Gospels. For about two centuries the Gospels existed in the form of oral histories and fragmentary records (so-called...

Note: The question comes from a Muslim country that has to deal with criticism from Muslims who claim it has been misrepresented.

My question is about the time when the Gospels were written.

The first source outside the New Testament to quote the first three Gospels is Clement of Rome, writing around 96 AD.

There is an opinion that the Gospel of Mark was written around 70 AD, the Gospel of Luke - in the 70s AD, the Gospel of Matthew - in the 80s AD, but there is another the conclusion is that the three Gospels were written before 70 AD.

As for the Gospel of John, it was actually written in the 90s AD. But can we be sure that the information in it is correct, since it was written six decades after the events described?!

So, no one knows the exact time when all four Gospels were written. All we can do is make and justify assumptions. At the same time, we need to consider the evidence without theological and other biases.

In my opinion the best guess is this:

• The Gospel of Mark (hereinafter referred to as Brand) was written in the 50s AD;
• The Gospel of Matthew (hereinafter referred to as Matthew) and Luke (hereinafter - Bows) were written in the 60s AD;
• The Gospel of John (hereinafter referred to as Joanna) was written in the 80s AD.

I've been looking for evidence for a long time, but, I'll be honest, it's all indirect. The Gospel whose date of writing we can determine with the greatest accuracy is: Bows, since it was written after Paul was imprisoned in Rome, but before his death. This allows us to date Bows and Acts circa 63-64. AD The vast majority of researchers believe that Brand(for sure) and Matthew(possibly) written before Bows. Brand seems quite early, so I have come to the conclusion that it was written in the 50s AD, but the late 40s AD cannot be ruled out. Of course, all three Gospels were completed before 70 AD .e., when Jerusalem was destroyed, because V Bows And Matthew there are prophecies about this event, and it would not make sense if they were written after these events (otherwise these Gospels would not have been accepted by the Church). It is likely that Joanna was written some time after the anti-Christian decision in the council of Jamnia around 85 AD. In my opinion, the most likely date for its writing is the late 80s AD. Revelation was written in the second half of the 90s AD, Joanna, most likely in the 80s AD, although we also cannot exclude the 70s AD.

Could John, 55 years later, still remember exactly what Jesus did? Why not? I'm 62 years old and I remember exactly where I went to high school, the names of my friends, what classes I took in high school, the address where I lived, my phone number, the positions I held, how I spent my holidays, and many very specific things of that time. Why couldn't John remember what Jesus said? For what reason can we doubt, for example, that he could remember the great events in the life of his Lord? At that time, John was serving as an elder in Ephesus. Apparently he was still mentally competent. I believe that a reasonable person would conclude that John's memory was still intact at the age of 75. It can also be assumed that he told these stories over and over again for the previous 50-odd years. He probably wrote down many of them before writing the Gospel. Does anyone have evidence that John couldn't remember exactly what happened? It is clear that the early church, which knew John personally, believed that his gospel was reliable. They were in a much better position than we are to judge whether what he wrote was reliable, because there were still living disciples who were eyewitnesses to the events recorded by John. The most reasonable conclusion to follow from this is that the Gospel of John is a more/less reliable account of a man who sincerely wanted to record what happened in the ministry of his Lord Jesus Christ.

Remember that you are communicating with Muslims who do not believe that Jesus was crucified. Is there even the slightest possibility that John could not remember how Jesus died if he was personally at the execution? Could Peter and Jesus' mother be wrong about how He died? Indeed, it is foolish to discuss the reliability of the Gospel of John, written at the age of 75-80, when Muslims want us to believe that he described Christ incorrectly. The document whose reliability should be questioned is the Qur'an, not the ! The inspiration of the Qur'an is VERY suspect because it denies one of the most well documented events of ancient history - the crucifixion of Jesus in Jerusalem under Pontius Pilate. We must turn the question asked on its head and ask the real question: can anyone take the Qur'an seriously in light of the available evidence of its uninspiration?

They are blatantly lying to us regarding the translation of the word “Gospel”!

How many times have I felt with my sixth sense that the translation of the word "Gospel" into Russian as "good news"- This blatant disinformation, but today I had a prophetic dream about this!

However, I’ll tell you everything in order.

We are told and written in all encyclopedias that yes, this is true, translated from Greek "Gospel" - "good news"!

Here, for example, is what the world electronic Wikipedia says. (By the way, any other modern dictionary gives the same interpretation):

Gospel(Greek εὐαγγέλιον - “good news” from Greek. εὖ - “good, good” and Greek. ἀγγελία - “news, news”) - a book or collection of books, each of which tells about the divine nature, teaching and earthly life of Jesus Christ: birth, miracles, death on the cross, resurrection and ascension. Wikipedia.

Five years ago, I checked that the reverse translation from Russian into Greek of two words "good news" gives the Greek phrase: χαρούμενος με την είδηση . The reverse translation of these words from Greek into Russian is “happy news.” But where is the Greek word? "Gospel"?

Greek word ἀγγελία , (which in total with εὖ read as two-root "Gospel" and is supposedly translated as "good news"), is actually translated into Russian as "angel". Yes, literal translation ἀγγελία —angel.

Root word εὖ , facing ἀγγελία - angel, Greek-Russian translator I couldn't translate it at all. I wrote that there is no such word! But there is another word εὐα (εὐα +γγέλιον), and it is translated as Eve.

What does the word or name mean? Eve?

A search in the explanatory dictionary gave the following result:

Eve comes from ancient Greek. Εὔα, Εὔγα, from Hebrew חַוָּה (havah) . Russian Eve- from Old Russian Evga has the same meaning: "life, living, giving life" .

As you can see, it has nothing to do with the word "good" or "good" Greek εὐα does not have.

When translating words from Russian into Greek "good, good" translation falls out - καλό . Back translation of Greek καλό gives the floor in Russian Fine.

Translation of the word "good" in Greek - όφελος . Reverse translation of the Greek word όφελος into Russian - benefit. As we see, everything is not the same!

Five years ago I got hooked on the word Eve(giving life), which is clearly present in the word Eve ngelie and tried to understand how from the Greek word Helios(the name of the Sun God in Greek mythology, which is clearly asked for here), the second root of this Greek word turned out - ngelie.

Why is the word Helios clearly asked here?

Because "give life" mythical Eve maybe only in alliance with the mythical God from the Sun, that is, in alliance with "by the Holy Spirit", or in another way in alliance with "Bright Angel".

If someone is literally speechless after reading the last phrase, I will ask a question that will return anyone speechless to their natural state: In reality, does anything else come from the Sun other than the “Holy Spirit” in the form of sunlight, heat and those powerful bursts of energy that give rise to “magnetic storms”?

Helios, god of the Sun. Image from ancient Greek mythology.

At the same time, the "Explanatory Dictionary of a Chemist" claims that the name of the first chemical element ( He, Helium) from the table of D.I. Mendeleev - comes from the Greek "Helios" —Sun, although the Greek-Russian translator claims that Sun in Greek - ήλιος (read as ilios and it seems that other Russian, Old Slavic is connected with it. male name Or(Ilya).

Do you feel how confusing everything is?!

Let's try once again to unravel this tangle of meanings.

It is offered to us as a derivative to obtain the Russian word "news" Greek word ἀγγελία (reads - an helium what does it mean in Russian "angel"). The pronunciation of this word in both Greek and Russian clearly contains the root "gel", also present in the word "Helios". And the meaning of the word "angel" — "supernatural being, God's messenger, spirit"- directly echoes the word "Helios"(“God from the Sun”), which is also identical in meaning to the well-known words "Holy Spirit".

And what do we have in the end?

We have a very high probability that the word Gospel comes from a combination of Greek words Eve+Helios, and is translated as "life-giving sun", and vice versa, we have a very small probability that the word Gospel comes from a combination of words εὖ - “good, good” and ἀγγελία - “news, news”, as all explanatory dictionaries and encyclopedias say, and is translated as "good news"..

This is how I thought five years ago.

Today in a dream I saw that the word Eve, as they say, was “drawn here” by me as the most suitable in meaning. Actually at the beginning of the word Evan Helium is a completely different word with a different meaning.

In a dream I saw this one sign in the background Sun, which is read in many languages ​​as Ivan or Wang, and in sum with the Sun it reads as "Holy Spirit" or "Spirit of the Sun" .

Yes, this is the well-known “swastika”, which the entire East, using hieroglyphic writing, reads as a letterIvan or Wang!

Doctor of Philosophy Irina Caesar: hieroglyph 卍 (swastika rotating clockwise) is called IVAN (VAN). Is the LETTER of the alphabet in Han Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

Archaeologists discovered the same swastika in temples dating back to early Christianity! The world media have remained deathly silent on this issue for almost 100 years. Just recently I published several articles on this subject:

2. "From the swastika to the dove. How the image of the Holy Spirit evolved in Christianity...".

What can you say looking at this? early Christian mosaic image, filled with many "swastikas" or "Ivanov" ("Vanov")??? Also pay attention to the inscription next to the image of a person - CHRIST.

Jordan. 553 AD Mosaic in the Church of St. Cosmas and Damian.

It seems to me personally that this painting is just asking to be called - Vangelia or Ivangeliya! After all, she talks about the omnipresence Holy Spirit, which in early Christianity was designated graphically swastika sign.

And most importantly. This mosaic painting, created by an unknown ancient artist in the city of Gerasa, along the streets of which Christ the Savior himself once walked, as mentioned in the Bible, was discovered during excavations in the Jordan quite recently, in 1920 or a little later.

But this is a world sensation, such a find! And the contents of this temple mosaic are also a world sensation, to which the Christian world must, simply must, show great interest! Even just for one word CHRIST, present in this mosaic.

So why did everyone just go numb?!

Hey, Christians! Where are you? Why are you silent?

The sacred book of the Christian religion, a record of God's revelations to man received over many millennia. This is a book of divine instructions. It gives us peace in grief, solutions to life's problems, conviction of sin, and the spiritual maturity needed to overcome our worries.

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The Bible truthfully answers questions that have troubled people from time immemorial: “How did man appear?”; "What happens to people after death?"; "Why are we here on earth?"; "Can we know the meaning and meaning of life?" Only the Bible reveals the truth about God, shows the way to eternal life, and explains the eternal problems of sin and suffering.

The Bible is divided into two parts: the Old Testament, which tells about God's participation in the life of the Jewish people before the coming of Jesus Christ, and the New Testament, which gives information about the life and teachings of Christ in all His truth and beauty.

(Greek - “good news”) - the biography of Jesus Christ; books revered as sacred in Christianity that tell of the divine nature of Jesus Christ, his birth, life, miracles, death, resurrection and ascension.

The translation of the Bible into Russian was begun by the Russian Bible Society by the Highest order of the Sovereign Emperor Alexander I in 1816, resumed by the Highest permission of the Sovereign Emperor Alexander II in 1858, completed and published with the blessing of the Holy Synod in 1876. This edition contains the text Synodal translation of 1876, re-verified with the Hebrew text of the Old Testament and the Greek text of the New Testament.

The commentary on the Old and New Testaments and the appendix "The Holy Land in the Time of Our Lord Jesus Christ" are reprinted from the Bible published by the Brussels publishing house "Life with God" (1989).

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1 The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God,
2 As it is written in the prophets: Behold, I send My angel before You, who will prepare Your way before You.
3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins....

1 Genealogy of Jesus Christ, Son of David, Son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; Isaac gave birth to Jacob; Jacob begat Judah and his brothers;
3 Judah begat Perez and Zehra by Tamar; Perez begat Hezrom; Hezrom begat Aram;
4 Aram begot Abinadab; Amminadab begat Nahshon; Nahshon begat Salmon;...

1. As many have already begun to compose narratives about events that are completely known among us,
2. as those who from the very beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word conveyed to us,
3. then I decided, after a thorough examination of everything from the beginning, to describe to you in order, venerable Theophilus,
4. so that you may know the solid foundation of the doctrine in which you have been instructed....

Introduction to the Books of the New Testament

The Scriptures of the New Testament were written in Greek, with the exception of the Gospel of Matthew, which, according to tradition, was written in Hebrew or Aramaic. But since this Hebrew text has not survived, the Greek text is considered the original for the Gospel of Matthew. Thus, only the Greek text of the New Testament is the original, and numerous editions in various modern languages ​​around the world are translations from the Greek original. The Greek language in which the New Testament was written was no longer the classical ancient Greek language and was not, as previously thought, special New Testament language. It is a spoken, everyday language of the 1st century. according to R. X., spread throughout the world and known in science under the name “common dialect,” yet both the style and turns of speech, and the way of thinking of the sacred writers of the New Testament reveal Hebrew or Aramaic influence.

The original text of the New Testament has reached us in a large number of ancient manuscripts, more or less complete, numbering about 5000 (from the 2nd to the 16th centuries). Until recent years, the most ancient of them did not go back further than the 4th century. according to R. X. But recently many fragments of ancient manuscripts of the New Testament on papyrus (III and even II centuries) have been discovered. For example, Bodmer's manuscripts: John, Luke, 1 and 2 Pet, Jude - were found and published in the early years of the 20th century. In addition to Greek manuscripts, we have ancient translations or versions in Latin, Syriac, Coptic and other languages ​​(Vetus Itala, Peshitto, Vulgata, etc.), of which the most ancient existed already from the 2nd century to A.D.

Finally, numerous quotes from the Church Fathers have been preserved in Greek and other languages ​​in such quantities that if the text of the New Testament were lost and all the ancient manuscripts were destroyed, then experts could restore this text from quotes from the works of the Holy Fathers. All this abundant material makes it possible to verify and clarify the text of the New Testament and classify its various forms (so-called textual criticism). Compared with any ancient author (Homer, Euripides, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Cornelius Nepos, Julius Caesar, Horace, Virgil, etc.), our modern - printed - Greek text of the New Testament is in an exceptionally favorable position. Both in terms of the number of manuscripts and the short period of time. separating the oldest of them from the original, and in the number of translations, and in their antiquity, and in the seriousness and volume of critical work carried out on the text, it surpasses all other texts (for details, see: “Hidden Treasures and New Life,” archaeological discoveries and the Gospel , Bruges, 1959, p. 34 ff.).

The text of the New Testament as a whole is recorded completely irrefutably.

The New Testament consists of 27 books. The publishers have divided them into 260 chapters of unequal length for ease of reference and citation. This division is not present in the original text. The modern division into chapters in the New Testament, as in the whole Bible, has often been attributed to the Dominican Cardinal Hugo (1263), who worked it out while composing a symphony for the Latin Vulgate, but it is now thought with greater reason that the division goes back to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, who died in 1228. As for the division into verses, now accepted in all editions of the New Testament, it goes back to the publisher of the Greek New Testament text, Robert Stephen, and was introduced by him into his edition in 1551.

The sacred books of the New Testament are usually divided into legal (Four Gospels), historical (Acts of the Apostles), teaching (seven conciliar epistles and fourteen epistles of the Apostle Paul) and prophetic: Apocalypse, or Revelation of St. John the Theologian (see Long Catechism of Metropolitan Philateer)

However, modern experts consider this distribution to be outdated: in fact, all the books of the New Testament are both legal and historical teaching, and prophecy is not only in the Apocalypse. New Testament scholarship pays great attention to the precise establishment of the chronology of the Gospels and other New Testament events. Scientific chronology allows the reader to trace with sufficient accuracy through the New Testament the life and ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, the apostles and the primitive Church (see Appendices).

The books of the New Testament can be distributed as follows.

• Three so-called synoptic Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and separately, the fourth is the Gospel of John. New Testament scholarship devotes much attention to the study of the relationships of the first three Gospels and their relation to the Gospel of John (synoptic problem).
• The Book of the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles of the Apostle Paul ("Corpus Paulinum"), which are usually divided into:
  - Early Epistles: 1 and 2 Thessalonians;
  - Greater Epistles: Galatians, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Romans;
  - Messages from bonds, that is, written from Rome, where St. Paul was in prison: to the Philippians, to the Colossians, to the Ephesians, to Philimoi;
  - Pastoral Epistles: 1 to Timothy, to Titus, 2 to Timothy;
  - Epistle to the Hebrews;
• Council Epistles ("Corpus Catholicum")
• Revelation of John the Theologian. (Sometimes in the New Testament they distinguish “Corpus Joannicum”, i.e. everything that the Apostle John wrote for the comparative study of his Gospel in connection with his epistles and Rev.)

Four Gospels

1. The word "gospel" in Greek means "good news." This is what our Lord Jesus Christ Himself called his teaching (Matthew 24:14; 26:13; Mark 1:15; 13:10; 19:; 16:15). Therefore, for us, the “gospel” is inextricably linked with Him: it is the “good news” of the salvation given to the world through the incarnate Son of God. Christ and His apostles preached the gospel without writing it down. By the mid-1st century, this sermon was established by the Church in a strong oral tradition. The Eastern custom of memorizing sayings, stories, and even large texts helped Christians of the apostolic era accurately preserve the unrecorded First Gospel. After the 50s, when eyewitnesses of Christ's earthly ministry began to pass away one after another, the need arose to write down the gospel (Luke 1:1). Thus, the “gospel” came to mean the narrative of the Savior’s teaching recorded by the apostles. It was read at prayer meetings and in preparing people for baptism.
2. The most important Christian centers of the 1st century. (Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome, Ephesus, etc.) had their own Gospels. Of these, only four (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) are recognized by the Church as inspired, that is, written under the direct influence of the Holy Spirit. They are called “from Matthew”, “from Mark”, etc. (Greek kata corresponds to Russian “according to Matthew”, “according to Mark”, etc.), for the life and teachings of Christ are set out in these books by these four sacred writers. Their gospels were not compiled into one book, which made it possible to see the gospel story from different points of view. In the II century. St. Irenaeus of Lyons calls the evangelists by name and points to their gospels as the only canonical ones (Against heresies, 2, 28, 2). Contemporary of St. Irenaeus Tatian made the first attempt to create a single gospel narrative, composed of various texts from the four gospels, the Diatessaron, i.e., the “gospel of the four.”
3. The apostles did not set out to create a historical work in the modern sense of the word. They sought to spread the teachings of Jesus Christ, helped people to believe in Him, to correctly understand and fulfill His commandments. The testimonies of the evangelists do not coincide in all details, which proves their independence from each other: the testimonies of eyewitnesses always have an individual coloring. The Holy Spirit does not certify the accuracy of the details of the facts described in the gospel, but the spiritual meaning contained in them.
   The minor contradictions found in the presentation of the evangelists are explained by the fact that God gave the sacred writers complete freedom in conveying certain specific facts in relation to different categories of listeners, which further emphasizes the unity of meaning and orientation of all four gospels.

Books of the New Testament

• Gospel of Matthew
• Gospel of Mark
• Gospel of Luke
• Gospel of John

Acts of the Holy Apostles

Council Epistles

• Epistle of James
• First Epistle of Peter
• Second Epistle of Peter
• First Epistle of John
• Second Epistle of John
• Third Epistle of John
• Epistle of Jude

Epistles of the Apostle Paul

• Romans
• First Epistle to the Corinthians
• Second Epistle to the Corinthians
• Epistle to the Galatians
• Epistle to the Ephesians
• Epistle to the Philippians
• Epistle to the Colossians
• First Epistle to the Thessalonians
• Second Epistle to the Thessalonians
• First Epistle to Timothy
• Second Epistle to Timothy
• Epistle to Titus
• Epistle to Philemon
• Hebrews

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How to Study the Bible

1. Read the Bible daily, in a quiet and peaceful place where no one will disturb you. Daily reading, even if you do not read that much each day, is more beneficial than any occasional reading. You can start with 15 minutes a day and then gradually increase the time allotted for Bible reading
2. Set a goal for yourself to know God better and to achieve a deep love for God in your communication with Him. God speaks to us through His Word, and we speak to Him in prayers.
3. Start reading the Bible with prayer. Ask God to reveal Himself and His will to you. Confess to Him the sins that may hinder your approach to God.
4. Take short notes as you read the Bible Write your notes in a notebook or keep a spiritual journal to record your thoughts and inner experiences
5. Read slowly one chapter, or maybe two or three chapters. You can read just one paragraph, but be sure to reread at least once everything you read before in one sitting.
6. As a rule, it is very useful to give written answers to the following questions when understanding the true meaning of a particular chapter or paragraph: a What is the main idea of ​​the text you read? What is its meaning?
7. Which verse of the text expresses the main idea? (Such “key verses” should be memorized by reading them aloud several times. Knowing the verses by heart will allow you to reflect on important spiritual truths throughout the day, when, for example, you are standing in line or riding public transport, etc. Are there any in the text you read? is there a promise that I can claim to fulfill? d How will I benefit from accepting the truth in the text? How should I use this truth in my own life, according to God's will? Avoid general and vague statements Try to be clear and specific as possible In your notebook, write how and when you will use the teaching of a particular paragraph or chapter in your life)
8. End your classes with prayer Ask God to give you inner spiritual strength to draw closer to Him on this day Continue to talk to God throughout the day His presence will help you be strong in any situation