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I personally feel that all of these gospels are just as 'authentic' as any of the others. I've heard that St. John was written much later than any of the other ones, and his gospel is pretty much the one that defines the Catholic Church (laying down in doctrine that Jesus was the divine manifestation of God, rather than his son, or a man influenced by god). Many of the other Gospels (my favourite is Thomas which portrays an almost 'buddhist' Jesus, one who holds that heaven is within each of us and that puts a greater emphasis on self knowledge) portray a very human Jesus - which is something I'm more ready to accept. I'm sure there are elements of truth in all of them, but that Constantine decided on the 4 we are accustomed to because they fit more easily into the well defined organisation of the 'church'. Catholisism is a wonderful thing, not least because of its straight-forward rules and regimented heirarchy - something the Romans were particularly fond of, and good at too. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John best support that regime, and I would hazard a guess that the people who chose them, recognised that fact.
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