In modern times, the distinction was frequently revived, mainly – and quite in contrast to Eusebius' views – "to support the denial of the Apostolic origin of the Fourth Gospel", whose "beauty and richness" some scholars had difficulty in ascribing to a "fisherman from Gallilee".
En tempos modernos, a distinción a miúdo reviviu, sobre todo –e contrastando claramente coa perspectiva de Eusebio– "para apoiar a negación da orixe apostólica do Cuarto Evanxeo ", cuxa "beleza e riqueza" algúns estudosos achan difícil de atribuir a un "pescador de Galilea".