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The Church Fathers incorrectly felt that the [[Gospel of Matthew]] was written first: "External evidence is absolutely demonstrative that St. Matthew the Apostle himself wrote the Gospel of Matthew, wrote first, and wrote well before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 70. This is attested to by Bishop Saint [[Papias]], who knew St. John the Apostle; [[Tertullian]] in [[Africa]]; Saint [[Irenaeus]], who was bishop of Lyons in [[Europe]] but well acquainted with the Tradition of the East, having spent a significant time in Asia; and several other witnesses. Thus we have the unanimous witness of three whole continents and virtually the entire early Christian world that Saint Matthew the Apostle is the first of the Evangelists and wrote his Gospel well before 70 A.D." <ref>https://onepeterfive.com/matthew-first-dates-gospels/</ref>
 
The Church Fathers incorrectly felt that the [[Gospel of Matthew]] was written first: "External evidence is absolutely demonstrative that St. Matthew the Apostle himself wrote the Gospel of Matthew, wrote first, and wrote well before the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 70. This is attested to by Bishop Saint [[Papias]], who knew St. John the Apostle; [[Tertullian]] in [[Africa]]; Saint [[Irenaeus]], who was bishop of Lyons in [[Europe]] but well acquainted with the Tradition of the East, having spent a significant time in Asia; and several other witnesses. Thus we have the unanimous witness of three whole continents and virtually the entire early Christian world that Saint Matthew the Apostle is the first of the Evangelists and wrote his Gospel well before 70 A.D." <ref>https://onepeterfive.com/matthew-first-dates-gospels/</ref>
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== Augustinian hypothesis ==
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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>
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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>
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The "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>
   
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