_THE FOURTH GOSPEL._
The evidence of Irenæus--Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
genuine--"The Refutation of all Heresies" by Hippolytus--Justin
Martyr--The internal evidence--Philo's philosophy--The doctrine of the
triune nature of Jehovah--The Divinity of Christ--The Holy Spirit--The
nameless, unknown author--Rénan's views in favour of the Johannine
authorship--Linguistic difficulties--William Penn--The raising of
Lazarus from the dead--John's memory--The Duke of Wellington--Mode of
authorship--Men separated from their writings, and books without
authors--The second century non-classical compared with the
first--Facts make history, not history facts--The living voice rather
than books the instrument for proclaiming the Gospel in the first
century--The folly of ignoring Divine Revelation 135