No consolidation of the Gospels can substitute for the individual study of each Gospel because the valuable context of each of those writings will be lost. A "harmony" or parallel format has to be treated for the most valuable thing that it really is, which is a supplemental study tool. And, of course, a study tool created by a mortal, not an infallible work provided by the hand of the divine. Like all its predecessors from history past, this is really...