single copy of the Epistle to the Romans and the Gospel according to John escape him, Christianity would be saved.”1 According to church tradition, John wrote to provide material missing from the other three Gospels and to complement them with a “spiritual gospel.”2 According to Irenaeus, John wanted to combat heresies that were rising, especially those that denied either the full deity or the full humanity of Christ.3 Moreover, as Christianity spread beyond its original Jewish bounds, it seems that