Why the Gospels Were Anonymous and the Church Knew It

The Gospels began as nameless manuscripts—only later did the Church slap apostle names on them to sell authority.

They told you Matthew wrote Matthew, Mark wrote Mark, and so on. That’s about as true as the Titanic being “unsinkable.” These books were anonymous, and the Church knew it from the start. They just slapped famous names on the covers so you’d swallow it whole.