According to tradition, the author, Mark is not an apostle himself. Not one of the original disciples, but rather the follower of one of them. Traditionally, he's supposed to be the disciple of Peter ...

According to tradition, the author, Mark is not an apostle himself. Not one of the original disciples, but rather the follower of one of them. Traditionally, he's supposed to be the disciple of Peter ...

(RNS) — Of the four Gospel writers, Mark is the one you would not want to invite to dinner. But he is the one who will challenge you to listen more carefully and to think more deeply about Jesus. (RNS ...

One of the most commonly held conclusions from modern New Testament scholarship is that the Gospel of Mark is the earliest gospel to have been written and that Luke and Matthew draw on Mark (and an ...

We are blessed to proclaim from Saint Mark’s Gospel currently at Holy Mass in these early weeks of Ordinary Time. As we know, Mark is the most bare-bones of all the canonical Gospels and, as I have ...

A team of archaeologists from Nova Scotia have uncovered a papyrus fragment from the inside of an Egyptian mummy mask that is believed to be the oldest copy of a gospel to date. The fragment is from ...

For decades scholars have increasingly placed The Gospel of Mark in an oral context believing it to be a written document intended to be read aloud to an audience Concordia Seminarys dramatic ...

Another Advent is upon us, as heralded by the prophet Isaiah: "A voice proclaims: In the wilderness prepare the way of the ...

Mark is not only the shortest gospel in the Bible, it is also the earliest. Now, a research team has claimed that they have discovered a fragment of the gospel. Dated to sometime before 90 A.D., the ...

Jesus said, “Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother.” — Mark 3:35 By Susan Shinn Turner For the ...