Primary source
P52
CSNTM catalog entry for the second-century papyrus fragment of John’s Gospel.
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts
- Tradition
- New Testament manuscript
- Accessed
- 2026-06-18
Citation
Center for the Study of New Testament Manuscripts, “P52,” Gregory-Aland P52, John Rylands University Library, Gr. P. 457.
Where this source is used
- Constantine changed the BibleThe four Gospels were received long before Constantine, and the records of Nicaea show no vote on the Bible's contents and no removal of books.
- John did not write the Gospel of JohnDisputed authorship is not the same as unreliability. John's Gospel claims eyewitness roots, circulated early, and its view of Jesus appears in earlier sources.
- The Bible lost plain and precious truthsThe manuscripts show small, documented copying changes, not an early removal of doctrine, and the Bible already teaches what the Book of Mormon calls plain and precious.
- The reliability of the BibleVariants in the manuscripts are real and openly catalogued. They show a text copied many times in many places, which is why its earliest wording can be recovered.
- The reliability of the New TestamentPaul's letters preserve a summary of belief from within a few years of Jesus' death, the Gospels were written within living memory, and the text can be recovered with confidence.