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Which New Testament books are traditionally attributed to St. Luke?
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St. Luke
St. Luke, illuminated page from the Beatus Apocalypse, Mozarabic, 975; in the Gerona Cathedral, Spain.
In Christian tradition, St. Luke is traditionally attributed as the author of two books of the New Testament:
- The Gospel According to Luke, which is one of the three Synoptic Gospels.12
- The Acts of the Apostles, which documents the history of the early Christian church following the Resurrection of Christ.12
While this two-volume work is the primary attribution, some scholars have also associated Luke with the Pastoral Letters and the Letter to the Hebrews, suggesting he may have served as an author or amanuensis for these texts due to linguistic similarities.2