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to the Epistles and the Old Testament, for that matter, were not divinely inspired. Rather,
they were written by unknown people, on uncertain dates and in unknown locations, even
though they were in large part based on a real historical nucleus of divine revelation.
It is worth mentioning that the four Gospels were not the only documents written in the
centuries following the departure of Jesus. There were many others, which were
recognized by some Fathers of the Church, such as the Gospels of Jacob, Peter, Thomas,
Philip and Barnabas, in addition to the Gospel of the Hebrews, a syncretic Jewish-Christian
gospel which survives only as brief quotations by the early Church Fathers. This was
written in Aramaic, the same language spoken by Jesus and was used by the Nazarenes
who denied his divinity and considered him no more than a great prophet. In the fourth
century CE, the Gospels According to Mark, Matthew, Luke and John were included in the
body of the main Biblical text, and the Church declared the remaining existent documents
heretical. However, additional changes continued to be made in these Gospels even
though they had already been declared to be "the Word of God". As years passed by, the
same Gospels appeared with different texts from their predecessors, which is undisputed
evidence of the kind of corruption affecting these books. A simple comparison between
the Douay–Rheims Bible, published in 1582, and King James Bible, published in 1611, for
instance, would conclusively show the great changes that have taken place. Subsequent
publications show yet numerous changes.

The following are some of the many factors to be considered when analyzing the veracity
of the Four Canonized Gospels and the authenticity of the Epistles that came along with
them:
1.The original Gospel as was revealed to Jesus and is mentioned in the Qur'an[6] as well
as in the contemporary Gospels does not exist today.[7]
2.The first records about the sayings of Jesus which were made shortly following his
ascension to Heaven have been lost.
3.The Gospels were written between 70 and 115 CE, decades after Jesus' departure, and
were based on lost documents.As a consequence, there was a loose manipulation of the
content.
4.None of the Gospels' authors saw Jesus or heard him speak. Hence, they were not
eyewitnesses.
5.The Gospels were written in the Greek language, while Jesus spoke Aramaic.