Which of the following is NOT one of the four Gospel Books?

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Which of the following is NOT one of the four Gospel Books?

The main idea here is recognizing what counts as a Gospel. The four Gospel books—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are the ones that tell the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus from different perspectives. Acts, on the other hand, is the Acts of the Apostles. It traces how the early church grew and how the apostles spread the message after Jesus' ascension, acting as a continuation of Luke’s writing rather than a gospel about Jesus himself. Because its focus is the spread of the church and the actions of the apostles rather than Jesus’ life in the flesh, it isn’t categorized as one of the Gospels.

The main idea here is recognizing what counts as a Gospel. The four Gospel books—Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John—are the ones that tell the life, teachings, death, and resurrection of Jesus from different perspectives. Acts, on the other hand, is the Acts of the Apostles. It traces how the early church grew and how the apostles spread the message after Jesus' ascension, acting as a continuation of Luke’s writing rather than a gospel about Jesus himself. Because its focus is the spread of the church and the actions of the apostles rather than Jesus’ life in the flesh, it isn’t categorized as one of the Gospels.

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