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 he
author of the book of Hebrews is unknown. There have
been many opinions as to who wrote the book. Men from
ancient times to today have guessed. The book of Hebrews
does not give us the name of the author such as occurs
in the epistles of Paul (For example see Romans 1:1;
1 Corinthians 1:1) or Peter (1 Pet. 1:1; 2 Pet. 1:1).
So we cannot know. In the chart below you can read the
opinions of others as to who they believe is the author
of Hebrews.
|
Church
Father |
His
Opinion |
Comments |
|
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Clement
of Alexandria |
Paul |
|
|
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Origen |
Paul |
|
|
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Eusebius |
Not
Paul |
Someone
else wrote it: Luke or Clement of Rome |
|
|
Tertullian |
Barnabas |
|
|
|
Irenaeus |
Not
Paul |
|
|
|
Jerome |
Paul |
|
|
|
Augustine |
Paul |
|
|
|
Hippolytus |
Not
Paul |
|
|
|
Gauis
of Rome |
Not
Paul |
|
|
|
Thomas
Aquinas |
Paul |
|
|
|
Erasmus |
Not
Paul |
|
|
|
Calvin |
Paul |
Luke
translated it into Greek. |
|
|
Luther |
Paul |
|
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Again,
we do not know who is the human author of Hebrews. All
that really matters is that the Holy Spirit wrote it
and the early
church accepted Hebrews as scripture. |
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