And this was essentially accomplished through the four gospel canon. Some of the symbols that Irenaeus uses of the gospels have come to be quite traditional and quite influential in the the ...

How do the four gospels evolve then? The first gospel, Mark, is around the year 70. So within 70 and, say, 95, we have the four gospels. 25 years. But that leaves 70 to 30. 40 years before that.

When was Jesus born? When did he die? What was his socioeconomic class? How did he fit in the religious, political and ...