Raymond E Brown

This book is a study of seven very different churches in the New Testament period after the death of the apostles.

Examines "christology's"--Or evaluations of Jesus' identity and divinity--based upon his words, his public ministry, and the Resurrection.

A lengthy introduction which discusses the authorship of the Epistles of John, their relationship to the Fourth Gospel, and what they demononstrate about the followers of John, precedes a detailed commentary on the text of the Epistles themselves.