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==Date==
 
==Date==
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[[Liberal denial]] pushes for a late estimated date of authorship of this Gospel, but several compelling factors indicate an early date:
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Several compelling factors indicate an early date of authorship of this Gospel, contrary to how [[liberal denial]] pushes for a late estimated date. The indications of an early date of authorship include:
 
*the [[Apostles]] sought to spread the [[Good News]] quickly, so withholding a Gospel would have been disfavored.
 
*the [[Apostles]] sought to spread the [[Good News]] quickly, so withholding a Gospel would have been disfavored.
 
*the earliest manuscript fragment from the [[New Testament]] is from this Gospel, ([[P52]]), dated to be as early as 100 A.D.
 
*the earliest manuscript fragment from the [[New Testament]] is from this Gospel, ([[P52]]), dated to be as early as 100 A.D.
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