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According to tradition’s “unanimous testimony”, states Scott Hahn, Mark, a disciple of Saint Peter, composed a gospel, the second of the four New Testament Gospels. Unlike Matthew, Luke, and John, Mark was not an eyewitness to the events he wrote about. Instead, according to tradition, he transmitted what he was told by Peter, who, in his first letter, refers to “my son Mark.” (1 Peter 5:13) According to the early Greek Father Papias of Hierapolis (c. 60-130 A.D.): we shall add, as being a matter of primary importance, a tradition regarding Mark who wrote the Gospel, which he [Papias] has given in the following words: And the presbyter said this. Mark having become the interpreter of Peter, wrote down accurately whatsoever he remembered. It was not, however, in exact order that he related the sayings or deeds of Christ. For he neither heard the Lord nor accompanied Him. But afterwards, as I said, he accompanied Peter, who accommodated his instructions to the necessities [of his hearers], but with no intention of giving a regular narrative of the Lord’s sayings. Emmanuel Tzanes, “An icon of Saint Mark the Evangelisst, 1657,” Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi.... Scott Hahn, “The Gospel of Mark,” Saint Joseph Communications, CD series. Pitre points out that the title “The Gospel of Mark (Euangelion kata Markon)” is in the four existing codices, ancient Greek manuscripts of Sacred Scripture: Codex Vaticanus, Code Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus, and the Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus. Brant Pitre, The Four Gospels: An Introduction, CDs and Outline. In arguing for Mark as the actual author, Pitre states, “If the Gospel was anonymous ... and you would attribute it to someone, who would you attribute it to? How about Peter himself ... How about the Gospel of Jesus ... If trying to give authority to the text ... does not make sense to attribute to this nobody ... makes more sense [that] Mark is the author.” Papias, “Roberts-Donaldson English Translation: Fragments of Papias,” earlychristianwritings.com, http://www.earlychristianwritings.com..., VI.