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Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 177, 29 July 1907, Page 3

Recently the Paris Univers gave the text of the reply of the Papal Committee on Biblical Studies to the questions recently submitted to its examination relative to the authorship and historical veracity of the Fourth Gospel. That body declares categorically, that the historical arguments in favour of attributing it to St. John— namely, the testimony and allusions of the Fathers) the inclusion of St. John's name in the Canon, etc.— have in nowise been shaken by modern:, critical methods. It declares that the tradition attributing the Fourth: Gospel to the Apostle John* is confirmed by the intrinsic arguments to be drawn from the Gospel'itself, as well as from the evident relationship between that Gospel and the First Epistle* of. St. John. It affirms that there is no insuperable difficulty in -reconciling the spirit and text of the other Gospels. Finally, it repudiates an allegorical or symbolical interpretation of the Gospel according to St. John, insisting upon its absolute historical value. This pronouncement, which has been ratified by the Pope, is principally a consequence .of the books of the Abbe Loisy.