CHAPTER 5
ANALYSIS AND THEORY OF ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL
1 John 1:1
IN the opening verses of this Epistle we have a sentence whose ample
and prolonged prelude has but one parallel in St. John's writings. It
is, as an old divine says, "prefaced and brought in with more
magnificent ceremony than any pass... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 2
THE CONNECTION OF THE EPISTLE WITH THE GOSPEL OF ST. JOHN
1 John 1:4
FROM the wholesale burning of books at Ephesus, as a consequence of
awakened convictions, the most pregnant of all commentators upon the
New Testament has drawn a powerful lesson. "True religion," says the
writer, "puts... [ Continue Reading ]