I think that the why of the four canonical gospels wasn't addressed because academics who deal in this area know that like the back of their hands and forget that others don't have the background in the field that they do; it's probably, to them, like expecting an interviewed chemist to rehash the development of the periodic table of elements in every interview.
They did allude to it, though; the early Christian fathers kept the material that served their agenda, basically, and suppressed writings that did not. Clearly this information didn't fit into their theology.
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Date: 2006-04-06 08:54 pm (UTC)They did allude to it, though; the early Christian fathers kept the material that served their agenda, basically, and suppressed writings that did not. Clearly this information didn't fit into their theology.