John the Evangelist (? - c. 110; יוחנן "The LORD is merciful", Standard Hebrew Yoḥanan, Tiberian Hebrew Yôḥānān) is the name used to refer to the author of the Gospel of John. Tradition has identified him with John the Apostle and with John of Patmos, the author of the Book of Revelation. Numerous modern scholars dispute that these were the same person (see authorship of the Johannine works). The author of this Gospel is also sometimes presumed to be the author of other books in the New Testamen ...

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John Todd evangelist, John Todd evangelist - Anti-occult speaker, John Todd evangelist - Mid 1970s involvement in Wicca, John Todd evangelist - Allegations of vast Satanic conspiracy, John Todd evangelist - Inconsistencies in Todd's testimony

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The phrase disciple whom Jesus loved or Beloved Disciple is used several times in the Gospel of John. It is the Beloved Disciple who asks Jesus during the Last Supper who it is that will betray him. During the crucifixion, Jesus indicates the Beloved Disciple and tells his mother "Woman, here is your son." To the Beloved Disciple he says, "Here is your mother." When Mary Magdalene discovers the empty tomb, she runs to tell the Beloved Disciple and Simon Peter. The Beloved Disciple is the first to reach the empty t ...

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• Disciple whom Jesus loved - Identity of the Beloved Disciple
• Disciple whom Jesus loved - John the Evangelist
• Disciple whom Jesus loved - John the Apostle
• Disciple whom Jesus loved - Mary Magdalene
• Disciple whom Jesus loved - Others
• Disciple whom Jesus loved - Meaning of the phrase

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The Johannine works are the Gospel of John, the first, second,and third epistles of John, and the Book of Revelation. All five show certain similarities in theological background, but also certain differences, leading to the current debate. All of these books of the New Testament have traditionally been attributed to John the Apostle, assumed to be identical to John the Evangelist; however, especially since the rise of higher criticism, the question of the authorship of the Johannine works has been disputed. Before the rise of ...

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• Authorship of the Johannine works - History of use of the Johannine works
• Authorship of the Johannine works - History of critical scholarship
• Authorship of the Johannine works - The Gospel
• Authorship of the Johannine works - Literary criticism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
• Authorship of the Johannine works - More recent criticism
• Authorship of the Johannine works - Historicity
• Authorship of the Johannine works - Authorship
• Authorship of the Johannine works - First epistle
• Authorship of the Johannine works - Second and third epistles
• Authorship of the Johannine works - Revelation

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110 - Events. Suetonius publishes Of illustrious men (De viris illustribus) 110 - Deaths. John the Evangelist Category: 110 ...

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John is a common given name for males. See John (name) for the etymology and versions in other languages. John - New Testament. In the context of the New Testament, the name typically refers to one of the following: Gospel of John John the Baptist John the Apostle, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. John the Evangelist, to whom the Gospel of John is attributed, often along with 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Revelation. He was traditionally identified with the apostle, ...

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The First Epistle of John is a book of the Bible New Testament. It the fourth of the catholic or "general" epistles. It was traditionally held to have been written by John the Evangelist, and probably also at Ephesus, and when the writer was in advanced age. The Epistle's content, language and conceptual style is an indication that a common authorship existed between this letter, the two other letters attributed to the Apostle John, as well as the Gospel of John. Whether the author was the Apostle John himself, someone w ...

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Evangelism is the preaching of the Christian Gospel or, by extension, any other form of preaching or proselytizing. The word evangelist comes from the Koine Greek word εὐάγγελος ("eu-angelos"), meaning bringer of good news. The Koine expression for good news, εὐάγγελιον ("eu-angelion") is used to refer to the four Gospels in the New Testament; and thus the Evangelists are also the authors of the four Gospels -- traditionally known as Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

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Saint Irenaeus (ca. 130-202) was bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, which is now Lyons, France. He is recognized as a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology. His feast day is June 28. The Catholic Church considers him a Father of the Church. He was a disciple of Polycarp, who himself was a disciple of John the Evangelist. Irenaeus - Biography. Irenaeus is thought to have been a Greek from Polycarp's hometown ...

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Events July 5 - Martin I becomes pope Arabs conquer Cyprus Reccaswinth succeeds his father Chindaswinth as king of the Visigoths. Pope Martin I strongly condemns Monothelitism Births Deaths May 14 - Pope Theodore I John Climacus, Christian saint (approximate date) Saint Birinus, Bishop of Dorchester, evangelist to the West Saxons (approximate date) C ...

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William Farel (Guillaume Farel, 1489-1565) was a French evangelist, and a founder of the Reformed Church in the cantons of Neuchâtel, Berne and Geneva, and the Canton of Vaud Switzerland. He is most often remembered for having persuaded John Calvin to remain in Geneva in 1536, and for persuading him to return there in 1541, after their expulsion in 1538. Together with Calvin, Farel worked to train missionary preachers who spread the Protestant ...

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In Christianity, the Crown of Thorns, one of the instruments of the Passion, was the woven chaplet of thorn branches worn by Jesus before his crucifixion. It is mentioned in the Gospels of Matthew (27:29), Mark (15:17), and John (19:2, 5) and is often alluded to by the early Christian Fathers, such as Clement of Alexandria, Origen, and others. John the Evangelist describes it thus (KJV, ch. 19): "Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, ...

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The Augustinian hypothesis about the origin of the New Testament holds that Matthew was written first, then Mark, then Luke, and each Evangelist depended on those who preceded him. This position is in the closest agreement with the church father testimony to the gospels' origins. Scholars consider the two strongest defenders of the Augustinian Hypothesis in the twentieth century to be B.C. Butler and John Wenham. B. C. Butler wrote The Originality o ...

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Zacharias - In the Gospel. Zacharias (common modern English spelling: Zechariah), spoken of in the Gospel according to Luke 1:5-25, 39-40, 57-79, 3:2, was a priest of the course of Abia (alternative spelling: Abijah) during the reign of King Herod the Great of Judaea and became known as the father of John the Baptist. Zacharias was married to Elizabeth of the priestly family of Aaron. The evangelist states that they both were righteous before God, since they were blameless in observing ...

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Though it is possible that the various uses of the name 'Mark' in the New Testament refer to different people, it is far more likely that they are one and the same person. So the John Mark in Acts (12:12, 25; 15:37) mentioned simply as John in 13:5 and 13:13 and as Mark in 15:39 is the same person as the Mark mentioned by Paul in (Colossians 4:10; 2 Timothy, 4:11; Philemon, 24) and by the author of 1 Peter 5:13. Mark of the Pauline Epistles is specified as a cousin of Barnabas (Colossians 4:10); this would explain Barnabas' special attachmen ...

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Mark the Evangelist, Mark the Evangelist - Biblical and Traditional Information, Mark the Evangelist - Fate of his remains, Mark the Evangelist - See Also

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Disciple whom Jesus loved - John the Evangelist. Since the Beloved Disciple does not appear in any of the other New Testament gospels, it has been traditionally seen as a self-reference to John the Evangelist. The gospel writer indicates (in John 21:24) that the Beloved Disciple is testifying to the accounts told in John's gospel. Disciple whom Jesus loved - John the Apostle. Others see John the Apostle as the Beloved Disciple. An issue in the identification of the Beloved Disc ...

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Disciple whom Jesus loved, Disciple whom Jesus loved - Identity of the Beloved Disciple, Disciple whom Jesus loved - John the Evangelist, Disciple whom Jesus loved - John the Apostle, Disciple whom Jesus loved - Mary Magdalene, Disciple whom Jesus loved - Others, Disciple whom Jesus loved - Meaning of the phrase

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In 828, relics believed to be the body of St. Mark were stolen from Alexandria by Italian sailors and were taken to Venice in Italy. A basilica was built there to house the relics. Copts believe that the head of the saint remained in Alexandria. Every year, on the 30th day of the month of Babah, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the commemoration of the consecration of the church of St. Mark, and the appearance of the head of the saint in the city of Alexandria. This takes place inside St Mark Coptic Orthodox ...

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Mark the Evangelist, Mark the Evangelist - Biblical and Traditional Information, Mark the Evangelist - Fate of his remains, Mark the Evangelist - See Also

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Authorship of the Johannine works - Literary criticism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Although the critical movement reached almost complete agreement about the two-source hypothesis for the Synoptic Gospels, no agreement has been reached about the literary sources for the Johannine works. A perhaps typical example of a critical theory of the development of these was provided by Julius Wellhausen in 1908. He hypothesized a base document which was heavily modified by a later editor. He claimed to ...

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Authorship of the Johannine works, Authorship of the Johannine works - History of use of the Johannine works, Authorship of the Johannine works - History of critical scholarship, Authorship of the Johannine works - The Gospel, Authorship of the Johannine works - Literary criticism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Authorship of the Johannine works - More recent criticism, Authorship of the Johannine works - Historicity, Authorship of the Johannine works - Authorship, Authorship of the Johannine works - First epistle, Authorship of the Johannine works - Second and third epistles, Authorship of the Johannine works - Revelation

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In the first two centuries of Christianity, the Gospel of Matthew was the primary instrument for catechesis. John was always considered the last to be written, traditionally given a date between 90 and 100, though modern scholars often suggest an even later date. Under the influence of Irenaeus' four-gospel "canon of truth," the Gospel of John became a cornerstone of baptismal catechesis in Rome. In the First Council of Nicaea, the Gos ...

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