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The oldest extant fragment from the entire New Testament is P52 (the John Rylands Fragment), dating from the first half of the 100s A.D. This weighs further against deemphasizing this Gospel.
The stages in this demotion and marginalization of the [[Gospel of John]] include:
The stages in this demotion and marginalization of the [[Gospel of John]] include:
*early dilutions of this Gospel that obscure its powerful meaning, including adding an apocryphal, confusing [[John ending]] and the very [[liberal]], doctrinally incorrect [[Essay:Adulteress Story|Adulteress Story]];
*early dilutions of this Gospel that obscure its powerful meaning, including adding an apocryphal, confusing [[John ending]], the very [[liberal]], doctrinally incorrect [[Essay:Adulteress Story|Adulteress Story]], and numerous parenthetical [[Gospel of John Asides|asides]];
*placing the [[Gospel of John]] last of the four [[Gospels]], which makes no sense as a way of [[Ordering the Gospels]];
*placing the [[Gospel of John]] last of the four [[Gospels]], which makes no sense as a way of [[Ordering the Gospels]];
*removing its regular use as a [[New Testament]] reading from the liturgy as part of [[Vatican II]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], which is also followed by other Christian denominations; and
*removing its regular use as a [[New Testament]] reading from the liturgy as part of [[Vatican II]] of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], which is also followed by other Christian denominations; and
*liberal slanders of the Fourth Gospel as "antisemitic" (despite its emphasis on Jewish feasts as the only book in the Bible to mention Hanukkah)
*liberal slanders of the Fourth Gospel as "antisemitic" (despite its emphasis on Jewish feasts as the only book in the Bible to mention Hanukkah)
The oldest [[extant]] fragment from the entire [[New Testament]] is [[P52]] (the [[John Rylands Fragment]]), dating from the first half of the 100s A.D. This weighs further against deemphasizing this [[Gospel]].
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