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412 ''But as to the Gospel of the holy Apostle John, I have not been able to find out whether any part of it were known to Philochristus. Howbeit Anchinous saith that Philochristus, although he make no mention of any of the acts, nor of the long discourses, nor set dialogues of that Gospel, nevertheless useth the doctrine thereof as the foundation of his whole history. Notwithstanding, saith Anchinous, Philochristus seemeth not to attribute this doctrine to John the son of Zebedee (who ever speaketh after a dififerent manner, and rather as one of the Sons of Thunder, or as the writer of the book of Revelation, than as the writer of the Fourth Gospel), but to Nathanael and Quartus''.

V.

After these words, "for they were sore afraid," ''cometh a blank in the Manuscript. And it is worthy of note that in the Gospel of the Holy Evangelist Mark, at the selfsame place, occurreth a blank, namely, after the words, "for they were afraid," in the eighth verse of the sixteenth chapter. And Anchinous saith that at this point the Original Gospel came to an end''.

VI.

''Here Philochristus is unlike himself. For whereas he is wont for the most part to omit miracles, albeit the Gospels relate them, here on the other hand he inserted one, albeit the Gospels omit it. Howbeit, true it is that the holy Apostle Paul seemeth, in his first epistle to the Corinthians, to make mention of some manifestation of the Lord Jesus to the holy Apostle James. And the same is mentioned in certain traditions''.