Can we agree that Luke is the most /lit/ Gospel? The Magnificat,

Gotta look at the good news all as one thing. the interplay between the synoptics vs john and the synoptics even at odds with each other is more interesting than Luke by itself.

>hurr im luke im a rich greek doctor i only know like tertiary sources dont you like how i took all the character out of the story of christ hey and guess what here's this paul faggot too

>>8626744
The synoptic aren't at odds with each other except over reasonable details that you would expect there to be conflicts of the account of. As Saint John Chrysostom points out, none of the conflicts relate to anything doctrinal, and it they weren't there, the Gospels would be suspect as a collaborative effort; with minor conflicts, it shows they are independent accounts.

Luke probably talked to primary sources. Especially women.

>>8626495
since /lit/ likes its incomprehensible prose in order to build up the myth of their own intelligence, I would think that Thomas would be the most /lit/ gospel.

>>8626982
Thomas is not canonical

Luke is the most /lit/

Mark is the most /tv/

Matthew is the most /pol/

John is the most /his/, and also best, but that is unrelated

>>8626744
Acts is the most underrated

You're writing a sequel to the greatest story ever told. How do you raise the stakes past literally dying for the salvation of mankind?

You can't.

So, instead you focus on the man. Saul, a man, and a sinner at that, but one of great convictions.

All of the secondary characters of the last book, remain secondary characters, but it's not that they don't do anything. They have intense trials of their own, but they remain in the background. The story easily could have been about them and their newfound powers, but instead we have the story of conversion of Saul. Jesus himself is relegated to a cameo at the intro and a small part in a pivotal scene halfway through.

Think of how important this story is to the young church itself. It's basically the story of how anyone can join. You have the highly-esteemed, high-ranking Saul, who is both a Jew and a Roman citizen. More important, though, is the fact that he is a pharisee. That's right, he's a member of the bad guy faction from the last one.

Yet, even Saul is able to see the light of Christ (literally) and come to the Church. Managing in the end to be one of the greatest of the apostles.

If you actually read it, Acts is a pretty solid book, thematically. Which is true because it was written by the best of the Gospel writers: Luke.