# Notes – The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible New Testament ## Introduction to the Gospels ^1^ One minor exception comes around A.D. 200, when the Roman presbyter Gaius denied the apostolic authorship of the Gospel of John. It is clear, however, that Gaius was not claiming to pass on an independent historical tradition. Rather, he felt that John\'s presentation of Jesus as \"the Word\" was problematic (Jn 1:1, 14), and so he ascribed the Gospel to a Gnostic heretic named Cerinthus ^2^ The Book of Hebrews provides a counterexample. Because its author is never identified in the book, and no name is supplied in its title, there was much speculation in the early centuries about who wrote it. No such speculation surrounded the authorship of the four Gospels ## See Also [[ignatius-parallel-notes]] [[ignatius-exegetical-notes]] [[ignatius-doctrinal-notes]] ## The New Testament Cover Pages TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL TONGUES BEING THE VERSION SET FORTH A.D. 1611 OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS REVISED A.D. 1881-1885 AND A.D. 1901 COMPARED WITH THE MOST ANCIENT AUTHORITIES AND REVISED A.D. 1946 AND 1952 THE ORIGINAL CATHOLIC EDITION OF THE RSV TRANSLATION\ WAS PREPARED BY THE\ CATHOLIC BIBLICAL ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN\ IN A.D. 1965 THIS EDITION WAS REVISED ACCORDING TO *LITURGIAM AUTHENTICAM* 2001 IGNATIUS PRESS SAN FRANCISCO Published with ecclesiastical approval. Original RSV Bible text:\ *Nihil obstat*: Thomas Hanlon, S.T.L., L.S.S, Ph.L.\ *Imprimatur*: + Peter W. Bertholome, D.D.\ Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota\ May 11, 1966 Second Catholic Edition approved under the same *imprimatur* by the\ Secretariat for Doctrine and Pastoral Practices,\ National Conference of Catholic Bishops\ February 29, 2000 Introduction, commentaries, and notes:\ *Nihil obstat*:Rev. Msgr. J. Warren Holleran, S.T.D.\ *Imprimatur:* + Most Rev. George Niederauer\ Archbishop of San Francisco,\ January 13, 2010 The *nihil obstat* and *imprimatur* are official declarations that a book or pamphlet is free of doctrinal or moral error. No implication is contained therein that those who have granted the *nihil obstat* and *imprimatur* agree with the contents, opinions, or statements expressed. Second Catholic Edition approved by the\ National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA The Scripture contained herein is adapted from the Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Catholic Edition, copyrighted 1946, 1965, and 1966 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and it is used by permission. All rights reserved. Cover art: *The Four Evangelists,* by Christopher J. Pelicano Cover design by Roxanne Mei Lum --- > Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, *The Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: New Testament*, Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2010).