**Oral tradition is difficult to pass on exactly; **
Another mistake.
Not after that oral tradition was referenced by the Book of John and the Letters of John and written down by the Early Church Fathers who KNEW the apostles.
Ever think about that? That they got their information first hand from the apostles?
Ever think about that? That they got their information first hand from the apostles?
No accuracy to that at all...Polycarp was the only one who knew John and there wasn't a Catholic bone in his body...
Besides, that's a pretty feeble argument...The person who had John exiled to Patmos knew John as well...Just because someone knew John is no reason to believe they wrote the truth about him...