to the Greek originals written by Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. We have no way of knowing how much hand copying stood between the “memoirs” mentioned by Justin and the originals, but it cannot have been many, given the slowness and expense of the copying process and the relatively brief space of time.1 Half a century after Justin, these Greek documents were translated into Latin for reading in Latin-speaking North Africa, Gaul and Spain, as well as Italy. The gospel spread quickly throughout the