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{{See also|Ordering the Gospels}}

{{See also|Ordering the Gospels}}

The '''Augustinian hypothesis''' is one of the proposed solutions to the [[Synoptic problem]]. Its proponents believe that the [[Gospel of Matthew]], was written first. The [[Gospel of Mark]] was written second, based on material found in the Gospel of Matthew, and amplifying some of it with more detail. The [[Gospel of Luke]] was written third using information found in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew. Many advocates of the hypothesis, hold that the Gospel of Matthew was written by Matthew, the Gospel of Luke was written by Luke, and that the Gospel of Mark was  

The '''Augustinian hypothesis''' is one of the proposed solutions to the [[Synoptic problem]]. Its proponents believe that the [[Gospel of Matthew]], was written first. The [[Gospel of Mark]] was written second, based on material found in the Gospel of Matthew, and amplifying some of it with more detail. The [[Gospel of Luke]] was written third using information found in the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of Matthew. Advocates of the hypothesis accept that the Gospel of Matthew was written by Matthew, the Gospel of Luke was written by Luke, and that the Gospel of Mark was written by Mark.

written by Mark.

 

The Augustinian hypothesis is rejected today by scholars, including [[conservative]]s, because the linguistic evidence is overwhelming that the [[Gospel of Mark]] was written first and that the [[Gospel of Matthew]] copied much of it, with a few noteworthy variations due to Matthew's different point-of-view.  [[Liberal denial]] has erred in denying that [[Mark]] was a young, non-[[Apostle]] eyewitness of [[Jesus]].  Flaws in the Augustinian hypothesis also include its baseless speculation that the Gospel of Matthew was originally written in [[Aramaic]] or even [[Hebrew]], when all the evidence indicates that it was originally written in [[Greek]].

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