It is misleading to say that Jesus Christ was an ‘historical person of staggering influence whose life was recorded by thousands of followers.’ He was at that time an obscure carpenter who lived and died within walking distance of His birthplace in a backwater of the Roman Empire. His ‘staggering influence’ did not emerge until centuries later, as did the numerous false gospels—after all, there is no point in emulating a nobody. As for Constantine making the choice of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the idea is laughable.
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