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date: 20 January 2025

‘Q’. 

Source:
The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Author(s):
F. L. CrossF. L. Cross, E. A. LivingstoneE. A. Livingstone

The symbol (usually held to come from the Ger. Quelle, ‘source’), used by biblical critics in a strict sense for the hypothetical source of those passages in the Synoptic Gospels where Matthew and Luke show a close similarity to each other but not to any parallel passage in Mark. (... ...

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