It’s been hailed as a long-lost gospel, a purported collection of Jesus’ sayings that served as a primary source for Matthew and Luke. Named simply Q, from the German term quelle (source), this new gospel has not, however, been actually found—its champions piece it together from material common to Matthew and Luke. Nor does Q contain some of the most-cherished elements of the canonical Gospels, particularly Christ’s passion, crucifixion and resurrection. Those missing fixtures of Christian faith, say the predominantly liberal advocates of Q, prove that not all early believers in Jesus had such views as part of their […]
