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#467 Why Did John Write His Gospel? - Tim Staples

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The Son of Satan Has Entered the Walls

St. Irenaeus is a great source for this because St. Polykarp was his teacher. And Polykarp knew John the Apostle. So yeah, John tells the story to Polykarp who tells to Irenaeus of one day, John, he runs in a bathhouse with some of his disciples and allegedly says, you know, run for your lives. The walls are going to fall down on us. Now, most, I wouldn't say most, but there are a number of modern scholars who say, oh, that's apocryphal. You know, John after all was the apostle of love,. He talks about 1 John 4, 8, God is love

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