Talk:First Epistle of John
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The reason why I changed the section on authorship was that the previous version seemed to indicate that the Apostle John was only the traditional author, while at the same time seeming to show that a single authorship was only a 50/50 chance.
While it cannot be proved beyond reasonable doubt that the author was actually the Apostle John, the language, concepts and content in this epistle is very similar to both 2 John, 3 John and the Gospel of John. I simply added what the possibilities could be - John himself, one person acting as John, or a group of people acting together. Neilinoz
[edit] Modern scholars
The statement "Modern scholars believe" that the Apostle John is not among the list of possible authors seems too definitive. I simply added "many" to clarify. Ericscot 20:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Link
I removed a link to an article called "Did John’s Epistles Identify Paul As A False Prophet?", from http://www.jesuswordsonly.com/Free/ch13.pdf . I found the article to be full of original research and inaccuracies; perhaps someone else can verify whether it should really be there. / Fred-J 09:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
