Jean Reville, _Le Quatrième Évangile_, Paris, 1901, p. 321. Mgr Duchesne, _Early Christian Church_, pp. 102, 192, says in effect that St John’s Gospel appeared after the Apostle’s death and was not accepted without opposition. He thinks Tatian and Irenaeus the first writers who quoted from it with acknowledgement of its authorship. If we put the date of Tatian’s birth at 120 (see _Dict. Christian Biog._ _s.h.n._) and allow a sufficient period for the initiation into heathen mysteries which he mentions, for his conversion and for his becoming a teacher, we do not get a much earlier date than 170 for his acceptance of the Fourth Gospel. Irenaeus was, of course, later in date than Tatian. Footnote 609: Tertullian, _Adv. Valentinianos_, c. 2. Footnote 610: Amélineau, _Gnost. Ég._ p. 180. Footnote 611: Tertullian, _de Carne Christi_, c. 20. Footnote 612: _E.g._ p. 47, Copt. Cf. also _ibid._ pp. 147, 170, 176. Footnote 613: Tertullian, _adv. Val._ c. v. Footnote 614: _Op. cit._ c. 9. Footnote 615: _Op. cit._ c. 18. Footnote 616: _Op. cit._ c. 20. Footnote 617: _Op. cit._ c. 25. Footnote 618: Tertullian, _de Carne Christi_, c. 9. Irenaeus, Bk II. c. 7, § 1, p. 270, Harvey, seems to have known both of Barbelo and of the Virgin of Light, since he speaks of _corpora sursum ... spiritalia et lucida_, “spiritual and translucent bodies on high” casting a shadow below _in quam Matrem suam descendisse dicunt_ “into which they allege their Mother descended.” Footnote 619: ⲞⲨ ⲘⲈⲢⲞⲤ ⲎⲦⲈ Ⲏ ⲦⲈⲨⲬⲞⲤ Ⲙ ⲎⲤⲰⲦⲎⲢ, or (in Greek) Μέρος τευχῶν Σωτῆρος. Footnote 620: “This I say to you in paradigm, and likeness and similitude, but not in truth of shape, nor have I revealed the word in truth,” p. 253, Copt. So in the next page (p. 254, Copt.), Jesus says of the perfect initiate that “He also has found the words of the Mysteries, those which I have written to you according to similitude—the same are the members of the Ineffable One.” From His mention of “writing,” one would imagine that the reference here is to documents such as the Bruce Papyrus which gives the pictures of “seals” together with cryptographically written words. Footnote 621: p. 357, Copt. This opening sentence could not have been written by one of the Valentinians of Hadrian’s time, who, as has been said above, “did not choose to call Jesus, Lord,” Irenaeus, Bk I. c. 1, I. p. 12, Harvey. Footnote 622: