Bible Question:
Hello, I am completing a Catholic Teaching course this year as part of my teacher training programme. I have been asked to complete an assignment on the background to St Mark's Gospel including authorship, influences of Mark as a writer, intended readership and importance of passion narrative. I have found this very interesting to research but I have been struggling with the reasons why the passion narrative is so important. I know that the passion narrative takes up a large part of the gospel but I was wondering if someone could help explain the importance of this in the gospel? Thank you very much for your help! |
Bible Answer: Hi, Gilly... Welcome to the forum! Your study of the gospels will be a particularly blessed one. Thank you for joining with us in the forum to discuss it. I remember from Christian history classes I took that in general Roman Catholics emphasize the Passion of Christ, Greek Orthodox emphasize the Ascension of Christ, and Protestants emphasize the Resurrection of Christ. I am unclear as to why this was has been the case, though I might speculate. (Perhaps I should have been paying more attention!) Nonetheless, you generally still find that pattern in their teaching. I also recall that the RCC have a preference for the Gospel of Mark, the Greek Orthodox have a preference for the Gospel of John, and the Protestants have a preference for the Gospel of Luke. Again, these are very broad generalizations, nothing neat and tidy. Given that the audience of each of those gospels were different, and the primary goals of the those gospels were somewhat different, we can appreciate the preferences. I hope that you go on to study the other four Gospels. Let us hear about what you are learning. In Him, Doc |
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