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Footnote
(1) Readers are advised to very carefully read the preface, or
the introductory passage, at the beginning of St. Luke's Gospel.
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It is precisely stated in the first four verses with which the
third Gospel opens that the Apostles, whom he calls "the
eyewitnesses and the ministers of the Word," had not
written themselves any account about the Master and his
teachings, but only by way of tradition had delivered them
orally to their followers or successors. It is also clearly
stated that the sources to which St. Luke had recourse for
the composition of his Gospel were various "stories" com-
posed by persons who had heard them narrated by the
(1) Readers are advised to very carefully read the preface, or
the introductory passage, at the beginning of St. Luke's Gospel.
------------ end of footnote
It is precisely stated in the first four verses with which the
third Gospel opens that the Apostles, whom he calls "the
eyewitnesses and the ministers of the Word," had not
written themselves any account about the Master and his
teachings, but only by way of tradition had delivered them
orally to their followers or successors. It is also clearly
stated that the sources to which St. Luke had recourse for
the composition of his Gospel were various "stories" com-
posed by persons who had heard them narrated by the