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The Monarchian Prologues are a set of Latin introductions to the four canonical gospels of ''Matthew'', ''Mark'', '' Luke'' and ''John''. They were long thought to have been written in the second or third century from a Monarchian perspective, hence their name. Today they are generally regarded as Priscillianist compositions from the late fourth or early fifth century. They appear to be the work of a single author. John Chapman even concluded that they were the work of Priscillian himself, who died in 386. The Latin style of the prologues is convoluted and difficult to understand. They provide background on the traditional authors (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and their theological purposes. Since Luke and John were also credited with the '' Acts of the Apostles'' and the ''Book of Revelation'', respectively, information contained in their prologues was eventually spun out into separate prologues to ''Acts'' and ''Revelation''. The earliest manuscript with these separate prolog ...
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