Saint Luke: chronicler of the first Christmas and most published of any doctor.

Abstract

The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are attributed to a first-century physician known to us now simply as Saint Luke. Forming over a quarter of the New Testament they are the most widely published of the writings of any doctor, now translated into over 400 languages. They make intriguing reading. Without Luke’s Gospel our knowledge of the first Christmas would be halved: no journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem; no ‘shepherds abiding in the fields’; no inn; no manger. The Nativity Story as told by Luke starts the theme that runs through his writing: vulnerability. …