101-200AD Apollinaris Claudius quotes 1 John 5:7's Word & Spirit [the Holy Ghost]+ 1 John 5:8's water+blood
"Apollinaris also,..bishop of Hierapolis of Asia,..near apostolic[the apostles' lives/years] times,..speaking thus:..even the one who has been delivered into the hands of sinners in order to be crucified,..the one who had pour out from his side the two things which are cleansing again: water and blood, Word and Spirit; and the one buried on the day of the Passover, a stone having been placed upon the memorial."(Claudius Apollinaris, Translated by Ben C. Smith,2016,Link)Link+Link
Ἀπολλινάριος δὲ ὁ ὁσιώτατος ἐπίσκοπος Ἱεραπόλεως τῆς Ἀσίας, ὁ ἐγγὺς τῶν ἀποστολικῶν χρόνων γεγονώς,..λέγων οὕτως..
καὶ ὁ παραδοθεὶς εἰς χεῖρας ἁμαρτωλῶν ἵνα σταυρωθῇ,..ὁ ἐκχέας ἐκ τῆς πλευρᾶς αὐτοῦ τὰ δύο πάλιν καθάρσια, ὕδωρ καὶ αἷμα, λόγον καὶ πνεῦμα, καὶ ὁ ταφεὶς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τοῦ πάσχα, ἐπιτεθέντος τῷ μνήματι τοῦ λίθου."(Claudius Apollinaris,Fragments in Chronicon Paschale; Dindorf,Chronicon paschale,1832,vol 1,p.14)Link+Link
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