[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

“What you are citing is, in fact, oral tradition! Polycarp and Irenaeus learned the faith from the Apostle John.”

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Ridiculous. Polycarp was born a few years after all of the Apostles, save John, had already passed away. So, how did Polycarp hear the “oral tradition” of an epistle from Paul’s mouth, to refer to or quote it directly? Or maybe it was the Apostle John who kept all of Paul’s epistles memorized.

You apparently don’t even comprehend how dangerous your argument is, because it suggests that none of the New Testament were actually written by the Apostles directly, but were constructed from “oral tradition” by other people.

[BlueDragon]

You apparently don’t even comprehend how dangerous your argument is, because it suggests that none of the New Testament were actually written by the Apostles directly, but were constructed from “oral tradition” by other people.

I noticed that too.

[NYer]

Ridiculous. Polycarp was born a few years after all of the Apostles, save John, had already passed away.

Did you miss the letter from Irenaeus I posted above?