While the secessionists described in the Johannine epistles could appeal to parts of the Prologue of the Gospel of John as evidence of their docetic Christology, what parts of the Prologue would have presented difficulties for this elevated Christology?

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The Answer is The Prologue in the Gospel of John refers to Jesus as preexistent and one with the Father. Throughout the Prologue, John depicts Jesus as completely divine. This high Christology certainly led some Christians (e.g., the secessionists in the Johannine epistles) to reach the conclusion that Jesus was not human at all. The Prologue also, though, explicitly states that the Word of God became flesh and lived among his people. The insistence on the incarnation would have been problematic for Gnostics.

While the Secessionists Described in the Johannine Epistles Could Appeal