Which of the following best identifies the Gospels?

• A. Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
• B. Stories about the life and teachings of Jesus
• C. The letters of Paul
• D. A collection of prayers

Answer: (A)

The Gospels are four books in the New Testament named after Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. They provide the accounts of Jesus’s life, his teachings, his death, and his resurrection as written by those four authors. This makes that option the best identification because it names the exact writings themselves, not just a general idea about Jesus’s life.

The other descriptions describe different parts of the Bible or are too broad. Paul’s letters are epistles written to early Christian communities, not the Gospels. A collection of prayers points to a different kind of writings, not the four gospel books.