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GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE 495 tions What are the chief signs in it of comparatively late date Illustrate from this Epistle in greater detail the following subjects The essential ideas of Sacrifice The nature of Faith What remarkable parallelism is to be traced between the Second Epistle of St Peter and the Epistle of St Jude and what conclusions may be drawn therefrom Give some account of the Apocryphal writings quoted by St Jude What is the state of the evidence internal and external as to the genuineness of the Second Epistle of St Peter Examine the grounds on which it has been contended that the author of the Apocalypse is not the same as the author of the Epistles and Gospel of St John What are the chief subjects touched upon in the Apocalypse In what respects is it perfectly unique in the New Testament Note the especial characteristics of the writings of St John as compared with other portions of the New Testament Show that they naturally belong to the period to which his Epistles and Gospel are assigned Show the infinite importance to Christian doctrine of the authenticity of St John's Gospel Compare it with the other three Gospels in respect of historical narrative noting the evidences of its being supplemental Gospel Sketch briefly the external evidence of its genuineness and canonicity Examine the theories of its origin which have been framed by modern critics on purely internal evidence What is the general result taking in both kinds of evidence 10 Give brief analysis of St John's Gospel considered in its doctrinal significance and draw out in detail- Our Lord's teaching at the Feast of Tabernacles His discourse to the disciples on the eve of the Passion II reek EctStamcnt Mark the general divisions which may be made in the nairative of the Synoptic Gospels and note the evangelist to whom we refer for the fullest record of each