[Cowperson]

Originally posted by FlamesAddiction@Oct 27 2004, 08:17 PM
I took a class in Christianity (as an acedemic interest), and we did talk about that. Some people would have placed John's age as that, but because exact years were not know, and the modern calendar was not in use, John could have also been in his 70s. Maybe uncommon for the era, but not unheard of either.

It just goes to show that people on both sides of the argument will take what they want as fact.

Well then, the dissenter above might also say this about John:

Epistles of John: The epistles of John, the Gospel of John, and Revelation appear so different in style and content that they could hardly have the same author. Some suggest that these writings of John come from the work of a group of scholars in Asia Minor who followed a "John" or they came from the work of church fathers who aimed to further the interests of the Church. Or they could have simply come from people also named John (a very common name). No one knows. Also note that nowhere in the body of the three epistles of "John" does it mention a John. In any case, the epistles of John say nothing about seeing an earthly Jesus. Not only do we not know who wrote these epistles, they can only serve as hearsay accounts.

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