Re: The Early Christians: Creed, Confession and Scripture

Bruderhof wrote:

> He is eternal, although he came to be born of the virgin Mary and
> became man. It is with him that the Father begins to renew heaven and
> earth. Through him shall he bring about the new Creation. It is he who
> shall shine as the eternal light in Jerusalem.
> 
> Justin, Dialogue with Trypho the Jew 113.4, 5.
> 

From the fortieth and fiftieth year the span of life begins to decline 
toward older age, and our Lord taught at this age as the Gospel and all
the 
elders testify. They were together in Asia with John, the Lord’s disciple,

[and say] that John handed this information down to them, for he stayed 
with them until the times of Trajan. Some of them, moreover, saw not only 
John but other apostles as well and heard the same account from them, and 
they bear witness to this report.

"Traditions of the Elders" in Irenaeus, Against Heresies II.22.5.