Rejecting the Writings of John?

About this episode

The episode discusses the controversies surrounding the writings of the Apostle John in the second century and the motivations behind those who sought to exclude his Gospel from the New Testament.

Certain controversies arose during the second century that created problems for the writings of the Apostle John. Some actively lobbied to keep the Gospel out of the New Testament. What was their motivation, what accusations did they raise and who came to John's defense? "Galway" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Jeannie Constantinou

Topics covered

• Apostle John
• New Testament
• second century controversies
• Gospel of John
• defense of writings

Keywords

• Apostle John
• New Testament
• second century
• Gospel
• controversies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ancient Faith Ministries

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