Apostle John wrote, Jesus was

"an Unique son" of God...

Apologist Jerome made him
"the Begotten son" of God...

The world famous 

'Anchor Bible' and 'Gideon Bible'
provide the needed proof...

The George Washington University in USA

       During my bible study in 1992, I wrote a letter to department of the New
Testament, at the George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA.  My
request was to elucidate the popular term from John's Gospel, the "only
begotten son", in relation to the original Greek text written by the Apostle. 

Below is a copy of the scholarly response that I received, from the University
by the then Assistant Professor of Religion, Paul B. Duff. He now enjoys the
privileged position of Chair, Department of Religion at the George
Washington University...  
The above illumination is based upon the work of a scholar of international
repute, Dr. Raymond Brown. It informs us that the innovated concept of
Jesus being the "only begotten son" of the Father was developed in the
fourth century. It was injected by Jerome into the Latin Bible to refute the
claims made by Bishop Arius (d. 336) and his associates that Father alone
was really God and Jesus was made (created) and not begotten. For further
information it is suggested to read the detailed text written by Dr. Brown in
the 'Anchor Bible' Volume 29, 'The Gospel according to John (i)', published by
Doubleday Inc., Garden City, N.Y. (1966), p. 13-14. Apostle John had
acknowledged Jesus to be an "unique son" of God but not the "only begotten
son" of God. It is quite understandable that since Jesus was born to Virgin
Mary he was indeed unlike others and therefore unique. However, in that
respect Adam the son of God (Lk. 3: 38), was more unique being born
without a father and a mother. 

Consequences of the 4th Century Heresy:

     The translators who use the Original Greek text written by Apostle John,
as their source document to translate this controversial verse 3: 16, do
mention that Jesus was a "unique son" or "one of a kind son" of God. Those
who opt to translate that verse from the secondary document in Latin,
known as The Vulgate, created by a scholar and apologist named Jerome (c.
347-420), do try to maintain that Jesus was the "only begotten son" of God.
These strange inconsistencies within the translated texts for Jn. 3: 16 can be
visualized from the reading of various translations reproduced below from
the 'Gideon Bible'. 

     The famous 'Gideon Bible' is published by; The Gideons, the Christian
Commercial Men's Association of America established in 1899. The
organization has since then placed millions of copies of this Bible in hotels,
hospitals, penal institutes schools and many other such public places. Below
are the 25 translations of this often quoted verse John 3:16, in the world's
important languages. Please try to read these translations and notice the
dual translations that are published within a single bible that is circulated in
millions