Monarchian Prologues

The Monarchian Prologues are a set of Latin introductions to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

The prologues provide background on the traditional authors (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) and their theological purposes.

[4] The author was working with the Old Latin Bible, since he took the order of the gospels to be Matthew, John, Luke and Mark.

[5] Chapman argues that they spread from the Abbey of Lérins, being brought by Patrick to Ireland, by Eugippius to Italy and also to Spain.

[10] Chapman printed the Latin text with translations and commentary, acknowledging that they were "masterpieces of the art of concealing one's meaning and of not basely betraying it to the scorner".