[Requiem]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Or did John write it in opposition to him?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerinthus

Interesting topic. Your source material does not provide a compelling argument in favor of Cerinthus. There is some disagreement about the authorship of the Book of Revelation. The writer identifies himself only as "John" (1:1, 4, 9). Dionysius, the Bishop of Alexandria, analyzed the word patterns between the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation and found many interesting differences. For example, the word "pisteuo" ("to believe") is found 100 times in the Gospel of John and not at all in the Book of Revelation.

In the end, Dionysius does not provide sufficient evidence to disprove the prevailing opinion that John the Beloved authored both books. In any event, I would defer to the resident CG experts for their more educated opinions.