In one thing the higher critics, like the modernists, however, overreached themselves, in claiming that the Gospel of John was not written in John's time but well after the first century, perhaps as late as 150 A.D..

This belief is grounded in the Gospel of John passage “ You heard me say, ‘ I am going away and I am coming back to you .’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

By the time the Gospels of Luke and Matthew were written, Jesus is portrayed as being the Son of God from the time of birth, and finally the Gospel of John portrays him as the pre-existent Word () as existing " in the beginning ".

They cite his defense of the Christology described in the first chapter of the Gospel of John and his significant theological works ( C. S.

At the time of his death he was working on a translation of the Gospel of St. John into English.

Eusebius ( c. 263 – 339 ) was inclined to class the Apocalypse with the accepted books but also listed it in the Antilegomena, with his own reservation for identification of John of Patmos with John the Apostle, pointing out there were large differences in Greek skill and styles between the Gospel of John, which he attributed to John the Apostle, and the Revelation.

The traditional theory holds that John the Apostle — considered to have written the Gospel and the epistles of John — was exiled on Patmos in the Aegean archipelago during the reign of Domitian, and there wrote Revelation.

Those in favor of apostolic authorship point to the testimony of the early church fathers ( see " Early Theories " above ) and similarities between the Gospel of John and Revelation.

In the Gospel of John and in Revelation, Jesus is referred to as " the Word of God " (), although the context in Revelation is very different from John.

Differences in style, theological content, and familiarity with Greek between the Gospel of John, the epistles of John, and the Revelation are seen by some scholars as indicating three separate authors.

John Robinson in " Redating the New Testament " ( 1976 ) has heavily criticised Charles ' position and accepted apostolic authorship, dating John's Gospel before the Siege of Jerusalem in 70 AD.

Although many assume that the biblical Mark the Cousin of Barnabas ( Colossians 4: 10 ) is the same as John Mark ( Acts 12: 12, 25 ; 13: 5, 13 ; 15: 37 ) and Mark the Evangelist, the traditionally believed author of the Gospel of Mark, according to Hippolytus of Rome, the three " Mark " s are distinct persons.

Two are found in chapter 3 of the Gospel of John, verses 3 and 7.

The quotation from the Gospel of John has raised some questions about the meaning and authenticity of the phrase " born again ".

In the Gospel of John, Jesus referred to himself as the Son of God far more frequently than in the Synoptic Gospels.

In the Gospel narratives that describe the life of Jesus, the first instance of him being called the Son of God appears during his Baptism by John the Baptist.

* Antisemitism in the Gospel of John

In 1648, preacher John Elliott was quoted in Thomas Shepherd's book " Clear Sunshine of the Gospel " with an account of the difficulties the Pilgrims were having in using the Indians to harvest cranberries as they preferred to hunt and fish.

The term " Christology from above " refers to approaches that begin with the divinity and pre-existence of Christ as the Logos ( the Word ), as expressed in the prologue to the Gospel of John ().

For example, his engraving of The Last Supper of 1523 has often been understood to have an evangelical theme, focussing as it does on Christ espousing the Gospel, as well the inclusion of the Eucharistic cup, an expression of Protestant utraquism, although this interpretation has been questioned.

Biblically this does not match three of the Gospel accounts ( Matthew, Luke, and John ) which specifically state the tomb was new and no one had ever been laid inside.

The harmony does not include Jesus ' encounter with the adulteress ( John 7: 53 – 8: 11 ), a passage that is generally considered to be a spurious late addition to the Gospel of John, with the Diatessaron itself often used as an early textual witness to support this.

The Gospel According to Mark does not name its author.

The Gospel of Matthew does not name its author.

Papias does not identify his Matthew, but by the end of the 2nd century the tradition of Matthew the tax-collector had become widely accepted, and the line " The Gospel According to Matthew " began to be added to manuscripts.

Paul defended the encyclical, saying “ It does not surprise the Church that she becomes, like her divine Founder, a ‘ sign of contradiction ’; yet she does not, because of this, cease to proclaim with humble firmness the entire moral law, both the natural law and the law of the Gospel.

All four canonical Gospels record John the Baptist's ministry, as does the non-canonical Gospel of the Hebrews.

However, the Gospel of Mark in Papyrus 45, Codex Washingtonianus and in Family 13 does indeed reflect a distinct type of text.

In his Comment on the Gospel of Matthew, which stems from a 6th century Latin translation, it is written: " In this place Jesus said Elijah was come and referred to John the Baptist it does not appear to me that by Elijah the soul is spoken of, lest I fall into the doctrine of transmigration, which is foreign to the Church of God, and not handed down by the apostles, nor anywhere set forth in the scriptures " ( ibid., 13: 1: 46 – 53 ).

The Gospel of John does not include this episode, but tells of Jesus washing the feet of the Apostles, giving the new commandment " to love one another as I have loved you ", and has a detailed farewell discourse by Jesus, calling the Apostles who follow his teachings " friends and not servants ", as he prepares them for his departure.

1 John does not give direct information about its author, but it was considered apostolic, alongside the Gospel of John.

The Gospel does not make that attribution.

In the Byzantine (" Greek ") liturgical traditions, the Gospel reading for Zacchaeus remains in the normal lectionary cycle and does not always fall on the fifth Sunday before Lent.

Tertullian does not say how the Gospel came to Britain before AD 222.

It is important to note, however, that while the Gospel of Thomas does not directly point to Jesus ' divinity, it also does not directly contradict it, and therefore neither supports nor contradicts gnostic beliefs.

The Gospel of Thomas does not refer to Jesus as " Christ " or " Lord ," as the New Testament does, but does call him " Jesus ," and " Son of Man ," which are concurrent with the canonical Gospels ,.

The Gospel of Thomas does not list the canonical twelve apostles and it does not use either this expression or the terms " the twelve " or " the twelve disciples.

" Unlike previous cinematic depictions of Jesus ' life, Pasolini's film does not embellish the biblical account with any literary or dramatic inventions, nor does it present an amalgam of the four Gospels ( subsequent films which would adhere as closely as possible to one Gospel account are 1979's Jesus, based on the Gospel of Luke, and 2003's The Gospel of John ).

There is only one instance where the Gospel of Barnabas might be understood as " correcting " a known canonical pericope, so as to record a prophecy by Jesus of the ( unnamed ) Messenger of God:

While the gospel is written as a historical narrative, many of the facts portrayed therein are based on previous traditions of the recorded Gospel story and not on what some might consider to be historical record.

Recent studies in ancient narrative historiography argue that it is possible for John's Gospel to record multiple Passovers — as historical testimony not theological literary-devices — and yet not represent three years as it was not uncommon for ancient historians to organize their histories without an absolute timeline.

Howe, Bruford and Anderson perform on the record who are joined by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, and the London Community Gospel Choir.

* The Crusaders ( 1960s garage band ), a 1960s garage band who released first Gospel rock record

: A Praise Gathering for Believers, " the first album from a Christian record company to achieve this honor ", which was certified gold by the RIAA, and nominated in 1974 for a Dove Award for Gospel Song of the Year, their arranger Ronn Huff added the prefatory words to " God Gave the Song " that are similar to those in " The Tune ".

They contend that many sayings of the Gospel of Thomas are more similar to Syriac translations of the canonical gospels than their record in the original Greek.

By 1999 Burke had started his own record labels: GTR Records ( an abbreviation of Gospel Truth Recordings ) for gospel music projects, which was owned by his children, and was also " the mother label for The One, which is our secular label.

Malope continues to record, in addition to performers such as Lusanda Spiritual Group, Barorisi Ba Morena, Amadodana Ase Wesile, Vuyo Mokoena and International Pentacoastal Church Choir, Lundi, Joyous Celebration, and the upcoming Scent From Above who have performed in Botswana occasionally. In 2000's Deborah Fraser has emerged as the best selling Gospel artist. Her albums have been audited to be in Top 5 selling in the country. In her album Isililo, Debrah Fraser sang in all South African languages like Venda, Shangaan, Sotho, Zulu and Xhosa. The industry has also been joined by the likes of Hlengiwe Mhlaba ( whose Aphendule is popular ) and Solly Moholo.

It also included ten of the Pauline Epistles ( but not the Pastoral Epistles or the Epistle to the Hebrews, and, according to the Muratonian canon, included a Marcionite pseudo-Paul's epistle to the Alexandrians and an epistle to the Laodiceans ) In bringing together these texts, Marcion redacted what is perhaps the first New Testament canon on record, which he called the Gospel and the Apostolikon, which reflects his belief in the writings of Jesus and the apostle Paul respectively.

Marvin, along with Delores (" Mom ") and nephew Alvin Love III ( sister CeCe's son ), signed to CeCe's record label PureSprings Gospel.

His most significant 1970s project was the creation of hundreds of paintings and drawings for The Gospel of John, published by the Christian record label Maranatha!

Thus the Gospel of Matthew is held to record Jesus ' lineage by birth while Luke's by law, this distinction being defended by Luke's use of the phrase " Joseph son of Eli, as was supposed.

The statement of St. Paul is said to confirm that those whom God effectually calls necessarily come to full salvation: "( T ) hose whom ( God ) predestined He also called, and those whom He called He also justified, and those whom He justified He also glorified " ( Romans 8: 28, 30 ), but it is especially several verses from the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John, which contains a record of Jesus ' teaching on humanity's abilities and God's activities in salvation, that serves as the central proof text for the Calvinist doctrine:

Kozelek, who acted as record producer on every album released by his bands Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon as well as his solo releases, produced the debut album by friend and Low singer-guitarist Alan Sparhawk, in Sparhawk's side-project Retribution Gospel Choir.

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Category: Gospel music record labels

The first historical record of an attempt to introduce Christianity to Thailand is owed to John Peter Maffei who stated that about 1550 a French Franciscan, Bonferre, hearing of the great kingdom of the Peguans and the Siamese in the East, went on a Portuguese ship from Goa to Cosme ( Peguan ), where for three years he preached the Gospel, but without any result.

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Category: Gospel music record labels

The Darkchild name has been loaned to Darkchild Gospel, a record company run by Jerkins ' brother, Fred Jerkins III.

Gospel first broke into international audiences in 1948, with the release of Jackson's " Move On Up a Little Higher ", which was so popular it couldn't be shipped to record stores fast enough.

# " The Fathers of the Church, while the Gospel according to the Hebrews was yet extant in its entirety, referred to it always with respect, often with reverence: some of them unhesitatingly accepted it as being what tradition affirmed it to be — the work of Matthew — and even those who have not put on record their expression of this opinion have not questioned it.