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The "Augustinian hypothesis" or "Augustinian order" is another name for the Matthew-Mark-Luke sequence, because [[Saint Augustine]] advocated for it, but based on his misperception about the origin and significance of the [[Gospel of Mark]].<ref>https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-is-the-real-story-about-the-order-of-the-synoptic-gospels</ref>  Many, perhaps most, scholars today, both [[Roman Catholic Church]] and [[Protestant]], support ordering the [[Gospel of Mark]] first.<ref>https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-is-the-real-story-about-the-order-of-the-synoptic-gospels</ref>  

The "Augustinian hypothesis" or "Augustinian order" is another name for the Matthew-Mark-Luke sequence, because [[Saint Augustine]] advocated for it, but based on his misperception about the origin and significance of the [[Gospel of Mark]].<ref>https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-is-the-real-story-about-the-order-of-the-synoptic-gospels</ref>  Many, perhaps most, scholars today, both [[Roman Catholic Church]] and [[Protestant]], support ordering the [[Gospel of Mark]] first.<ref>https://www.catholic.com/qa/what-is-the-real-story-about-the-order-of-the-synoptic-gospels</ref>  

The flaw in Augustine's reasoning is that he assumed, based on extensive close similarities between the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Mark]], the latter must be based on the former.  But "such similarity of language could be explained either by Mark using Matthew or by Matthew using Mark."<ref>https://jimmyakin.com/2014/09/was-st-augustine-wrong-about-matthew-and-mark-2.html</ref>

The flaw in Augustine's reasoning is that he assumed, based on extensive close similarities between the [[Gospel of Matthew]] and the [[Gospel of Mark]], that the latter must be based on the former.  But "such similarity of language could be explained either by Mark using Matthew or by Matthew using Mark."<ref>https://jimmyakin.com/2014/09/was-st-augustine-wrong-about-matthew-and-mark-2.html</ref>

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