Earliest Gospels

The earliest Gospels are the still-existing ("extant") copies and fragments of the Gospels.

The earliest complete and combined copy of the Gospels is probably the Codex Vaticanus. But partial copies far predate that.

• “'P75', which scholars date between AD 175 and 225, is the earliest known copy of the Gospel according to the Luke and one of the earliest of the Gospel according to John.”
• "The Diatessaron (c. AD 170) ... , which means “Harmony of Four” was created by Tatian, a Christian writer in the second century. It combines the four canonical Gospels into a single harmonious narrative."

See also

• Biblical Archaeology Society Library