Excerpt from The Gospel of St. John and the Synoptic GospelsWhoever undertakes nowadays to advo cate the genuineness and credibility of the Gospel of John, must be prepared beforehand for some prominent representatives of theo logical science and several among their pupils and adherents to say with indignation or pitiful smile: Lost effort! It is the surest of the sure, that the fourth Gospel as an historical source for the life of Jesus is no more to be taken into account. Who still considers it as such is under the Spell of church-tradition; custom goes ahead of truth; he has no idea particularly of the religio-historical method; science will take precedence over him in the order of the day, as over everything reactionary.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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