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The authorship of John has always been known by the church.
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How did they always know it?
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Noted historian Phillip Schaff says, "The external proof of the Johannean authorship is as strong, yea stronger than that of the genuineness of any classical writer of antiquity, and goes up to the very beginning of the second century, within hailing distance of the living John. It includes Catholic writers, heretics, and heathen enemies."
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Sadly, Dr. Schaff died 118 years ago and consequently didn't have the benefit to the research that has been done since his time. Be that as it may, what external proof is Mr. Schaff referring to? How strong is the genuineness of any classical writers of antiquity? What did those Catholics, heretics and heathen say that we should believe them?