• QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works
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    That wouldn’t be true for Christianity as 3 of the 4 Gospels were cribbing off the 4th one. Heck the Gospel of John and the Revelation unto John were written by at least two different people and the Revelation likely was included at the Council of Nicea because they both had John in the name. Christianity would be very different without revelations.

    • Ginny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      The prevailing consensus is that the gospels of Matthew and Luke were cribbing from the gospel of Mark and a text that is lost to us that is referred to as Q. The gospel of John is original as far as we know.

      Also, a lot of the Pauline epistles weren’t even written by Paul.