Should we question whether The Book of Revelation is truly inspired?

I've been doing amateur study of the early church and was surprised to learn the late date of composition of Relevation compared to some of the other books and also the questionable authorship. I was familiar with Luther calling it neither apostolic nor prophetic, but I was unaware that John Chrysostrom, Cyril, Eusebius and Dionysius questioned notable differences in the Greek b/w the other works by "John" and Revelation. Some wanted it excluded from the canon. That it is the only NT work not read in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox. It is the only book that Calvin chose not to write a commentary on. That modern scholarship and some in the early church indicate that this is not John the Apostle but some other John. I've even heard it suggested that the gnostic Cerinthus may be the author if this work due to similarities in his millenial kingdom

Did the early church fully embrace this work or was it one of those books floating around which was accepted by some, rejected by others, but ultimately squeaked by and made it into the NT?

Submitted September 29, 2016 at 10:18AM by Unknown

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