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The story of the woman caught in adultry does not appear in the earliest extent versions of the Gospel and appears to have been added sometime around the 4th century.

542 posted on 07/03/2006 9:33:54 AM PDT by RobRoy (The Internet is about to do to Evolution what it did to Dan Rather. Information is power.)

There is lots of discussion on this topic, from both sides.

Here is one interesting take, but there are many others. http://www.direct.ca/trinity/john8.html

Also, notice from this particular article:

"This passage can be found in translations that date from the second century. This can be confirmed by the comments on this passage by the Early Church teachers which range from Didascalia (third century) to Saint Augustine (430 AD). Saint Augustine gives us a little more insight into the problems of this passage by many of his time..."

However, for the curious, it goes even deeper than this. Enjoy!

547 posted on 07/03/2006 9:50:08 AM PDT by RobRoy (The Internet is about to do to Evolution what it did to Dan Rather. Information is power.)